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1、Critique:StudiesinContemporaryFictionISSN:0011-1619(Print)1939-9138(Online)Journalhomepage:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/vcrt20NeverLetMeGoandtheHorizonsoftheNovelPatrickR.QueryTocitethisarticle:PatrickR.Query(2015)NeverLetMeGoandtheHorizonsoftheNovel,Critique:StudiesinConte
2、mporaryFiction,56:2,155-172,DOI:10.1080/00111619.2013.868339Tolinktothisarticle:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2013.868339Publishedonline:26Feb2015.SubmityourarticletothisjournalArticleviews:497ViewrelatedarticlesViewCrossmarkdataFullTerms&Conditionsofaccessandusecanbefou
3、ndathttp://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=vcrt20Downloadby:[111.122.198.185]Date:06March2016,At:01:12Critique,56:155–172,2015ISSN:0011-1619print/1939-9138onlineDOI:10.1080/00111619.2013.868339PATRICKR.QUERYUnitedStatesMilitaryAcademyatWestPointNever
4、LetMeGoandtheHorizonsoftheNovelThisessayexaminesKazuoIshiguro’sNeverLetMeGoasametaphorfornovelreading.Itaddressesinparticularthemaincharacters’abidingandtroublingacceptanceoftheircircum-stances.ItusesthetheoriesofJoséOrtegayGassetandWalterBenjamintobuildtheargumentthat,bythem
5、atizingacceptance,NeverLetMeGodemonstratesthereader’sownnearlyautomaticpracticeofassentingtothecreatedworldofanovel.Keywords:KazuoIshiguro,NeverLetMeGo,JoséOrtegayGasset,thenovel,acceptanceKazuoIshigurohasmadeclearinseveralinterviewsthatalthoughhis2005novelNeverLetMeGocontain
6、selementsofspeculativeordystopianfiction,evenofsci-fi,hisownconcerninwritingthenovelwastoprovideareflectionofhowhumansactuallyliveandlovenow,intheordinarypresent.ThehumanclonesinNeverLetMeGo,althoughtheylivefairlymundanelivesandexistinalargelyunremarkable,easilyrecognizableversi
7、onofthelatetwentiethcentury,makethescience-fictionassociationinescapableand,insomeways,quiteuseful.AsEarlG.Ingersollpointsout,though,Ishigurohaslongbeenengagedin[a:::]conflictedrelationshipwithhisaudienceandhasdemonstratedagrowingawarenessofadisconnectbetweenthenovelhethoughthe
8、hadwrittenandthenovelhisaudiencewas(mis)reading(41).Besidesprivilegi
