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| The modernist project of Kawabata Yasunari | ||
| 作者 | Mizenko, Matthew John (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.53 n.12 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 1993 |
| 頁次 | 4325 - 4326 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Princeton University |
| 指導教授 | Miner, Earl |
| 畢業年度 | 1993 |
| 附註項 | 277p |
| 關鍵詞 | Literary modernism approach to convergence of Western; Asian influences; Buddhist thought in work of Japanese writer K. Yasunari. |
| 摘要 | This dissertation is a study of the Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972) in the context of literary modernism. The traditionalism for which Kawabata is noted is but one element in a literary career that brings together tendencies of Western and Asian thought as they relate to such concerns as subject-object dualism, perception and representation, the psychological and spiritual life of the self, the relationship of the self to its socio-historical circumstances, the manifestations of desire in abnormal psychology, and the problematics of language. Early in his career, Kawabata authored manifestoes that adopted the revolutionary language of the Western avant-garde as they advocated a direct, unmediated perception that would supplant subject-object dualism. With other writings, however, placing such goals within the context of Buddhist thought, it is clear that Kawabata's modernism represents a convergence of Western and Asian influences. Kawabata's interest in perception is demonstrated by his use of the literary image of the mirror as a device for the merging of subject and object or the human and natural worlds. The mirror can also reflect the inner life of the self, or allow it entry to a transcendent realm. During the Second World War, Kawabata perceived the war through the lens of Japan's "high" literary tradition and its aesthetic of "sadness." His texts showed a nostalgia for the golden past while lamenting the vulgarity of the present age. A series of texts from the postwar period explored a "demonic realm" ("makai") of sexual and psychological abnormality that challenged the values and ethics of the ascendent postwar bourgeoisie. The inevitable failure of this gesture led to a final, autumnal period marked by texts that quietly pursue issues connected with spiritual awareness and enlightenment even as they question the ability of language to communicate such matters. Literary representation becomes associated with the Buddhist "sin" of attachment or desire, and Kawabata's final texts invoke the idea of "emptiness" as they turn inward towards the contemplation of death. |
| ISBN | 9798208831861 |
| 點閱次數 | 251 |
| 建檔日期 | 1999.01.27 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.31 |
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