百炼此身渡乱世:井上靖文学的一个母题——从《弃老》入手

小说《弃老》不盈万字,风格也非井上靖文学的主流,但其中蕴藏的克己自砺、坦立乱世的主题贯通于井上靖多部作品之中,堪称解读井上靖文学的一把"关钥"。不安栖于既存的自我,明知前途艰险坎坷,依然甘心历苦自课,渡尽乱世而不自哀的人物特征,既与作家本人的成长重影叠像,又与其他作品中的众多人物形象相辉映,构成了井上靖文学中一道独特的风景。毫不夸张地说,这个短篇浓缩着井上靖文学的一个母题,是作家井上靖用以验明正身的"徽章"。

A Study on Yasushi Inoue's Obasute

Obasute,written by Yasushi Inoue,is a short story of fewer than10 000 words,and the style is not the mainstream of his works,but its motif about self-abnegation,self-excitation and unperturbedly facing the trouble times could also be found among his many other works,so,I regard it as an important key to understanding thoughts of Yasushi Inoue's literature.Such a character as being always dissatisfied with oneself,going along his own way though he knows that there are a lot of troubles in the future,and never being sad while having to face all kinds of difficulties and hardships,is right the same as the portrait of the writer himself and many figures in his numerous works,which form a special scene of Yasushi Inoue's literature.So,it is not exaggerated to say that this short story reflects one of the most important characters of his works,hence,a typical"emblem" of Yasushi Inoue as a writer.