무라카미 하루키의 『신의 아이들은 모두 춤춘다』 연구－인물들의 지진 후 심리상태를 중심으로－

Abstract

Hereby, this thesis intended to inquire into the psychology of the characters appearing in Murakami Haruki’s short story collection titled 『After the quake』, which was written with Japan’s Great Hanshin Earthquake as a main theme, by relying on post-traumatic stress, the theory of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(hereinafter, referred to as “PTSD.” The characters were exposed to an earthquake indirectly as one man though they didn’t directly experience it, or have a connection ring with Kansai District which was struck by the quake. Among the post-traumatic stress disorders, this thesis looked into the PTSD state caused by a quake shock through mass media as the first psychological damage. This writer, through ‘earthquake’ which is a theme as a foundation of a work, and also a subject matter which creates and changes characters’ values & psychological damage state, looked into variform trauma. Also, the same writer was able to confirm the appearance of people who accept a natural disaster as their destiny, or the appearance of people who are in search of another different way of life while considering a natural disaster-earthquake. which can be said to be closely connected with Japanese society, and the psychological damage of the Japanese who live though the earthquake.