| Summary: | 碩士 === 東吳大學 === 日本語文學系 === 100 === There are significantly different structures in Haruki Murakami’s two renowned novels, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and Kafka on the Shore. The story alternates within odd and even number chapters. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World employed the pronoun “I (watashi)” as main character in odd chapters and “I (boku)” in even chapters. However, in Kafka on the Shore, Kahuka Tamura serves as the main character in odd chapters and Satoru Nakata in even chapters.
This thesis is divided into three parts. The first part is the research for critical events, composed of “The Scientist’s Research” and “The Father’s Curse.” The next part is the analysis of main characters and their significance. The final part consists of the discoveries of the previous parts and the space representation.
The thesis concludes that “the dream” designates the main theme in Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. The main character “I” pursuing self-realization through the dream of his subconsciousness is not pursuit for the work but a heart missing his wife. Conversely, the rebirth is the main theme of Kafka on the Shore. Kahuka Tamura travels to “The Land of the Dead” and realize his subconsciousness; his hatred toward his mother and then he forgives his mother to relieve himself from the hate.
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