PAGE\*MERGEFORMATVIIIPAGE\*MERGEFORMATVIIAbstractThisthesisfocusesonthememorymanipulationofMasujiOno,theprotagonistofKazuoIshiguro’ssecondnovelAnArtistoftheFloatingWorldbyutilizingGillesDeleuze’sphilosophyofsimulacrum.Theprojectcombinestheconceptofsimulacrumwithmemory,justifiesmemory’positionofsimulacrum,andonthisbasisilluminatesOno’smemorybecomingrealizedthroughhisunreliablefirstpersonnarrative.TheIntroductionpresentsfirstlythegeneralinformationaboutKazuoIshiguroandhissecondnovelAnArtistoftheFloatingWorld,secondlytheliteraturereviewoftheexistingcriticismfrombothabroadandathome,andlastlythetheoreticalframeworkandbasicstructureofthepresentstudy.ChapterTwo,“MemorySimulacrumandMemoryManipulation”,elaboratesfirstlythejustificationofthememory’spositionofbeingdeemedassimulacrumandhowmemorymakessensefromtheperspectiveofbeingsimulacrum,inwhichtwopointsareincorporated:oneismemory’sdeceptivenatureandanotheristheaffirmationofmemoryitself,whereinthevirtualandactualsignificancearemanifested;Secondlytheprotagonists’memorymanipulationinKazuoIshiguro’sprosesincludingtheanalysisofthereasonwhymemoryisakindofmanipulation,themotivationofprotagonists’memorymanipulation,andthebestandmostconvenientwayofsuchmemorymanipulation:theunreliablefirstpersonnarrativewhichmainlyreferstotwopoints:firstistheargumentationofwhytheprotagonists’narrativeisunreliableandsecondisthelogicalrelationshipbetweenunreliablenarrativeandmemorymanipulation.ChapterThree,“BecomingofMultiplicityandDifference:WaysofMasujiOno’sMemoryManipulation”,expoundsspecificallythethreemainformsofMasujiOno’sunreliablefirstpersonnarrative,thewayofhismemorymanipulation.Thefirstmanipulationformis“EvadingfromtheDisgracedReality:MemoryBecomingofSelf-Deception”,whichisanalyzedfromtwoaspectsofOno’smemorybecomingofself-deception:thefirstisOno’sdeceivinghimselfthathestillpossessesthe“prestigious”socialpositionbyindulginghimselfinhismemoryofthepast;thesecondisOno’sself-deceptiveself-justificationforhisculpablebehaviorsofservin