关键词: 石黑一雄, 《远山淡影》, 《浮世画家》, 日本想象

Abstract: The Japanese-born English writer Kazuo Ishiguro's two early novels A Pale View of Hills and An Artist of the Floating World are all set in the defeated Japan in the wake of WWII. Kazuo Ishiguro's imagination of Japan is very prominent in the following two aspects: a post-war Japanese society racked with grief but already under reconstruction, and the great conflicts of values in that society, with the traditional values questioned and the new values of freedom and democracy getting the upper hand. Such imagination, is mainly the result of the writer's personal experience, including his deep understanding of trauma, questioning of tradition, strong idealistic passion, and anxiety about the future.

Key words: Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, imagination of Japan