Murakami and Ekuni
Jun 16th 2011 21:35
小説を読んでいる時、あなたは男性の主人公と女性の主人公のどちらに対してより感情移入するだろうか。
I like the writter, Kaori Ekuni but now I'm reading novels by Haruki Murakami, the male writter.
俺は女性作家の江國香織が好きなのだが、今は男性作家の村上春樹の小説を読んでいる。
Actually I feel relaxed like spending time with my best male straight friends when I'm reading his books, and when I'm reading her books I think her views are similar to mine.
彼の本を読んでいる時というのは、なんだか男の親友といるみたいな落ち着いた感じがするし、彼女の本を読んでいるときには、彼女と俺の価値観はどこか似ているなと感じ共感を覚える。
Also I think it's interesting that the male characters in the novel of Murakami looks it has more reality than Ekunis'.
For example, the men in novels of Murakami speak masculinity and and the rough speaking has good reality. Also the men in novels of Ekuni don't speak so masculinity but soft.
また、村上の小説に出てくる男性の登場人物たちは江國の小説に出てくる男性たちよりも男っぽいのが面白いと思う。
例えば、村上の小説に出てくる男たちはちょっと乱暴で自然な男らしい言葉づかいをするのに対して、江國の小説に出てくる男たちが使う言葉はそんなに男らしいというわけじゃないし、どちらかといえば優しい言葉づかいが目立つ。
I wonder if the men in Ekuni's novels consistent with Japanese women's ideal men, and men in Murakami's novels are just what they think who they are.
江國の小説に出てくる男たちはいわば「女性達が抱く男性の理想像」で、村上の小説に出てくる男たちは「男性達の彼ら自身に対する自認像」なのではないかと思う。
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I like the writter writer, Kaori Ekuni but now I'm reading novels by Haruki Murakami, the male writter writer.
Actually I feel relaxed like spending time with my closest best straight male straight friends when I'm reading his books, and when I'm reading her books I think her views are similar to mine.
Also the men in novels of Ekuni don't speak with so masculinity and are soft.
I'd never heard of 江國香織 before. What are those novels about? Did you like them?
江國香織 is a famous writer in Japan and her books are translated to Chinese and Korean, but not to English though I don't know why. I like her and 村上春樹.
こうばしい日々 is a story about a 11 year old Japanese boy. He lives in Wilmington in the US with his parents and his 23 year old sister. He came to the US with his parents 9 years ago when he was 2. But only his sister came to the US 5 years ago when she was 18.
So he cannot speak Japanese and he has the American mind. But she has the Japanese mind and she often complain about the US and admire Japan! Hahaha.
I'm also reading the Norwegian Wood now. :)
Oh, were you interested in the aum affair? :O
By the way, What did you major in the university?
When you read novels, which do you connect better with, male main characters or female main characters?
I like the writer Kaori Ekuni, but now I'm reading novels by Haruki Murakami, a male writer.
Actually, I feel relaxed as if I'm spending time with my best straight male friends when I'm reading his books, and when I'm reading her books I think her views are similar to mine.
Also I think it's interesting that the male characters in Murakami's novels seem more realistic than Ekunis' (characters).
For example, the men in Murakami's novels speak manly and rough, which is quite realistic.
But the men in Ekuni's novels don't speak with so much masculinity, but are more soft-spoken.
I wonder if the men in Ekuni's novels are consistent with Japanese women's ideal men, and the men in Murakami's novels are just how men think who they are.
I think you might be right about the difference between the men in Murakami's novels and Ekuni's novels :P I think it's tempting to create your "ideal man/woman" in a piece of writing! Haha. So what about their female characters? From what I've read by Murakami, I can see some stereotypes in his female characters but I also think he gives them some power.
There are quite difference between 男言葉s and 女言葉s in Japanese spoken language. but most Japanese women don't like part of 男言葉s which are rough.
I think the speaking of men made by Murakami are natural, and the speaking of women made by Murakami and Ekuni are natural. But only men made by Ekuni are not so natural. The speaking of Ekuni's men are softer than real Japanese mens, I think.