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Real men are defeated and nationalists are broken.

Book Talk

Real men are defeated and nationalists are broken.

Under the mask, man.

Is a secret wish that may not tell anyone

From "Confession of a Mask" to "Shore Night"

Exploring the Self Through the Literature of Mishima Yukio

Saturday, April 25, 2026

At the William Warren Library.

2nd Floor Jim Thompson Art Center

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... Read moreจากประสบการณ์ส่วนตัวในการอ่านวรรณกรรมของมิชิมะ ยูกิโอะ ผมรู้สึกได้ว่าผลงานของเขาไม่ได้พูดเพียงเรื่องราวของคนญี่ปุ่นหรือชายชาตรีเท่านั้น แต่ยังสะท้อนประเด็นลึกซึ้งเกี่ยวกับความเป็นตัวตนและการต่อสู้ภายในจิตใจที่คนทั่วไปอาจไม่กล้ารับรู้ โดยเฉพาะใน "คำสารภาพของหน้ากาก" ที่เขาเปิดเผยความลับภายในใต้หน้ากากของชายแท้ที่สังคมคาดหวังว่าเขาต้องเป็น ทั้งนี้สะท้อนถึงความสับสนและการแพ้พ่ายของชายแท้ในยุคที่ชาตินิยมเริ่มเสื่อมถอย ความหมายของคำว่าชายชาตรีที่เคยเข้มแข็งกลับกลายเป็นความเจ็บปวดและขาดความมั่นคง ผมได้มีโอกาสเข้าร่วมงาน Book Talk ที่เคยจัดขึ้น ณ ห้องสมุดวิลเลียม วอร์เรน ชั้น 2 Jim Thompson Art Center ซึ่งเป็นช่วงเวลาที่ทำให้ผมได้แลกเปลี่ยนมุมมองกับผู้ที่สนใจวรรณกรรมเช่นเดียวกัน และพบว่าเรื่องราวของมิชิมะสามารถสะท้อนสังคมในปัจจุบันได้อย่างน่าตกใจ ทั้งในแง่ของอัตลักษณ์และความคาดหวังทางสังคม นอกจากนี้ การศึกษาผลงานของเขายังช่วยให้เราเข้าใจความซับซ้อนของชาตินิยมที่ไม่ใช่แค่การรักชาติอย่างง่ายๆ แต่เป็นความสัมพันธ์ที่ละเอียดอ่อนระหว่างตัวตนส่วนบุคคลกับความเชื่อมโยงกับสังคมและประวัติศาสตร์ การใช้หนังสือและการจัดกิจกรรมพูดคุยเช่นนี้ ทำให้ผมเชื่อว่าวรรณกรรมสามารถเป็นเครื่องมือสำคัญในการเปิดใจ และช่วยให้ผู้คนได้ตั้งคำถามถึงตัวตนและความหมายของการเป็นชายแท้ รวมถึงบทบาทของชาตินิยมในยุคสมัยใหม่อย่างลึกซึ้งมากขึ้น

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