石黑一雄作品中的帝国兴衰对人物身份建构的影响
The Influence of Empires’ Vicissitude on the Protagonists’ Identity Construction in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Novels
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Introduction
I. Banks and Akira’s Acceptance of Imperialism: Influence of Imperialism of British and Japanese Empires
A. The Construction Process of Banks’s Identity
1. Banks’s Not Being British Enough in His Childhood
2. Banks’s Being a Delegate of Imperialism in His Manhood
B. The Construction of Akira’s Identity
1. Akira’s Not Being Japanese Enough in His Childhood
2. Akira’s Being an Agent of Imperialism in His Manhood
II. Stevens’s Departure from Imperialism: Influence of Democracy in Post-Imperial England
A. Stevens’s Fantasy of His Identity
1. The Fantasy about the Greatness of British Landscapes
2. The Fantasy about the Greatness of British Country Houses
B. The Crisis of Stevens’s Identity
1. The Clashes between Mr. Farraday and Stevens
2. The Clashes between Dr. Carlisle, Harry Smith, and Stevens
C. Stevens’s Epiphany
The Repentance for Miss Kenton and William Stevens’s Love
2. The Realization of Lord Darlington’s Wrongdoing and the Acceptance of Mr. Farraday’s Bantering
III. Ono’s Abandonment of Imperialism: Influence of Democracy in Post-Imperial Japan
Ono’s Fantasy of His Identity
1. Ono’s Nostalgia for His Influence upon the Nation
2. Ono’s Nostalgia for His Influence upon the Public
B. The Crisis of Ono’s Identity
1. The Family Members’ Criticism of Ono
2. The Disciples’ Abandonment of Ono
C. Ono’s Compromise
1. Ono’s Confession for His Crimes during the Wartime
2. Ono’s Acceptance of Democracy of Postwar Japan
Conclusion
Works Cited
Acknowledgements
Paper Published during Study
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