「職業小說家」村上春樹的探索──《青?消??（Losing Blue）》的思想轉變及其意義

The Exploration of Haruki Murakami as a Vocational Novelist: The Ideological Transformation and Significance of Losing Blue

村上春樹文學的最大特點在於將小說定位為作者和讀者共同參與的情感體驗，並嘗試在創作框架中定位「小說家」和「讀者」的獨立性。村上通過敘寫，發現「小說家」和「讀者」之間的互補關係。因此，小說成為構成多種語境（視覺、聽覺、身體性、時間性）中迴響的聲音的媒介。在《消失的青色Losing Blue》（1992）中，「Blue」不僅象徵個人的失落感、疏離和孤獨感，還象徵與他人的回應以及自我內省的持續過程。因此，通過分析關於「青色」的各種視覺表象，探討意識與無意識、失蹤與不在、以及失蹤人物留下的謎團、暴力和恐懼，都揭示了村上春樹在小說中嘗試書寫〈距離（感）〉到〈有關連（性）〉的實驗。儘管《消失的青色Losing Blue》是一篇短篇小說，但它清晰地反映了90年代村上春樹思想探索的過程，是一部需要重新重視的作品。通過此次考察和分析，可以看出村上春樹在創作中的轉變和成熟過程，重新審視村上春樹的創作軌跡，有助於揭示他身為職業小說家的世界觀。

The hallmark of Haruki Murakami's writing is that he positions the novel as an emotional experience shared between the author and the reader, while simultaneously exploring the independence of the ''novelist'' and the ''reader'' within the creative framework. Murakami does not emphasize the writer's self-enclosure or a unidirectional relationship; instead, he seeks, through narrative, to uncover the complementary relationship between the ''novelist'' and the ''reader.'' Consequently, the novel becomes a medium for voices resonating across multiple contexts, including visual, auditory, physical, and temporal dimensions. In Losing Blue (1992), ''Blue'' symbolizes not only a sense of personal loss, detachment, and loneliness but also the process of responding to others and ongoing self-reflection. Therefore, by analyzing the various visual representations of ''Blue'' and exploring themes such as consciousness and the unconscious, absence and nonexistence, as well as the mysteries, violence, and fear left behind by missing characters, it becomes possible to uncover Murakami's experimental endeavor to transition from ''detachment'' to ''connection'' within his novels. Although Losing Blue is a short story, it distinctly reflects Murakami's ideological explorations during the 1990s and stands as a crucial work that warrants reexamination. Through this study and analysis, Murakami's transition and maturation as a writer become evident. Reexamining his creative trajectory offers valuable insights into his worldview as a vocational novelist.