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| Paper Title: | Contextualizing Isolation as a Liberating component in the Novel Kafka on The Shore by Haruki Murakami. |
| Authors Name: | Arpita Behera , Dr. Pratyush Ranjan Padhee |
| Unique Id: | IJSDR2306139 |
| Published In: | Volume 8 Issue 6, June-2023 |
| Abstract: | This study seeks to foreground how isolation serves as a liberating element for the characters in the fiction Kafka on the Shore who at the end of their turbulent journey stumbles upon their self-discovery. It investigates why the characters undergo complex emotional turbulence with in themselves even though they appear calm on the outset. This research uses the theory of repression as a framework with an aim to validate the different component of isolation. Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore contains numerous themes and incident. In this novel there are a lot of riddles which may confuse the readers and there may be a lot of interpretations drawn from the story. Murakami follows parallel story-telling where the even number chapters narrate about Nakata, an elderly Japanese man who as a result of a childhood injury has the ability to communicate with cats and the odd number chapters narrate about an 15 year old boy, Kafka who flew away from his home on his 15th birthday to avoid his father’s prophecy. In this novel there are two different viewpoints which at last connect with each other. Kafka and Nakata are connected somehow with each other as ‘doubles’, because of Miss Saeki an elegant middle-aged woman who owns a library. Nakata, Kafka, and Miss Saeki have isolated themselves from the world because of childhood memory loss, Oedipal curse and due to conflicting past memories. This research paper delineates the different dimension of isolation in the novel Kafka on the Shore. It is an endeavor to contextualize the root reason behind the condition of isolation of certain characters in the novel, framing it in the apparatus of the theoretical perspective of repression and Oedipus complex as a mental and prophetic state, fusing it with the psychoanalytical discourse. |
| Keywords: | Desire, Dream, Memory, Repression, Fantasy, Psychological isolation, self-discovery, Liberation, Magic Realism, Trauma |
| Cite Article: | "Contextualizing Isolation as a Liberating component in the Novel Kafka on The Shore by Haruki Murakami.", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.974 - 977, June-2023, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2306139.pdf |
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| Publication Details: | Published Paper ID: IJSDR2306139 Registration ID:207216 Published In: Volume 8 Issue 6, June-2023 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): Page No: 974 - 977 Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org ISSN Number: 2455-2631 |
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