老龄化社会中的“老年”探究——以日本退休题材畅销小说为视角  

An Exploration of“Old Age”in an Aging Society:From the Perspective of Japanese Best-selling Novels on the Theme of Retirement

作　　者：童晓薇[1] TONG Xiaowei

机构地区：[1]深圳大学外国语学院,广东深圳518060

出　　处：《东北亚外语研究》2025年第1期62-73,共12页Foreign Language Research in Northeast Asia

摘　　要：退休对支撑日本“企业中心”社会运转的广大工薪族来说是人生的一个重大事件。同时,退休作为一种制度,以外界强制的方式提醒当事人从此进入老境,要求他们过上与老年“相匹配”的生活,使“老年”成为一种被标准化的规训,约束着他们的想法和行动,造成退休后“第二人生”的建构困难重重。自二十世纪五六十年代始,日本陆续出现以“退休”为题材的小说,其中不少作品登上畅销书榜,引发了广大读者的共鸣和热议。本文以退休题材畅销小说为视角,通过分析小说对退休者苦境和窘境的讲述,考察老年自我认知建立的特点与困难,反思老年的意义,为身处老龄化社会中的我们构建积极老年观提供借鉴与参考。Retirement is a major life event for the vast number of wage earners who support Japan’s“corporate center”society.At the same time,retirement as a system uses external force to remind the parties that they will enter the old age,requiring them to live a life that“matches”old age,making“old age”a standard discipline that restricts their thoughts and actions,causing building a“second life”after retirement is fraught with difficulties.Since the 1950s and 1960s,novels with the theme of retirement have appeared in Japan one after another,and many of them have appeared on bestseller lists,arousing resonance and heated discussions among readers.This article takes the best-selling novel on retirement as the perspective,analyzes the novel’s narration of the plight and dilemma of retirees,examines the characteristics and difficulties of establishing self-awareness in the elderly,reflects on the meaning of old age,and provides reference for us in an aging society to build a positive outlook on old age.

关 键 词：老年 退休 畅销小说 老龄化社会 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]