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Narrative Features Of The Works Of Kawabata Yasunari From The Perspective Of "Oriental Studies"

Posted on:2018-02-22Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D D YuanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330515979816Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Kawabata Yasunari is the second Nobel literature prize writer in Asia.Not only for his position in Japan's history of literature,also his reputation all over the world.Kawabata's literary reflect the ordinary Japanese people's life and show the delicate nature and humanity of Yamato.He paints a beautiful picture of the east for readers all over the world.Kawabata Yasunari achieves a worldwide success because of the oriental characteristics in his works.By summarizing his creation,we can find that through the text narrative elements,such as death,dream,fate,Kawabata Yasunari's literature presents the characteristic of the mysterious Oriental atmosphere;His success also depends on the traditional culture,He gets used to describe the tea ceremony,go and Oriental female,which shows the unique emotion of the Japanese.At the same time,it also reflects the pursuit of traditional aesthetic and ideal of beauty;Kawabata Yasunari is under the influence of the traditional Japanese aesthetic:mono no aware,which has an important influence of the descriptions of nature and people.So his works conveys a kind of eastern depression traits.It was the mystery and melancholy narrative characteristics,which contains "fine poetry" and "cultural thoughts of moral and ethical value" that helps Kawabata Yasunari "built a communication bridge between the east and the west spirit".Besides,it reveals the possible reasons of Oriental literature to become the world's literature.Look back the whole life of kawabata,his success own to the special experiences,the spread of Oriental culture,particularly Japanese culture and critical absorption of the western literature.The growth course of orphans is a great test to psychological,and it also helps him to overcome loneliness,and walked into the hall of literature;Buddhism,go,arts and tea ceremony and so on,it is the influence of the Oriental culture enrich his literature creation;Traditional Japanese aesthetic category mono no aware is his aesthetic ideal of literature.In conclusion,Kawabata Yasunari literature has three narrative features.The use of "mysterious" strategy,the absorption of traditional culture and the pursuit of beauty.These is also the foothold of this thesis.Therefore this research will be around the three aspects of Kawabata Yasunari's literary narrative characteristics.This thesis aims to display the profundity of Kawabata Yasunari's works and polysemy,revealing why can Kawabata Yasunari literature became one of the world's classics.As a result,we can find a way to help the Eastern literature become the world literature.
Keywords/Search Tags:Kawabata Yasunari, Mononoawar, Narrative Features, Oriental Studies
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