The Aesthetics and Poetics of the Image in Japanese Culture. An Example from the Literary Tradition: Yukiguni [Snow Country]

Proceedings

Ricca, Laura¹ 

关键词: aesthetics;    poetics;    narrative;    representation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/proceedings1091087

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The novels of Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) have no well-constructed plot, but rather a series of situations that emerge directly from images, in a sort of concrete visual thought that overshadows the storyline. Yukiguni [Snow Country], his masterpiece, is known for its elliptical style. It consists of a series of impressions. The writer chose to omit all specific points of reference in order to maintain an evocative, rather than an assertive, register. Some images create a very expressive atmosphere. Snow Country comprises a series of visions generated poetically that communicate certain impressions, and it illustrates a quasi-cinematic mode of writing with images or painting with written words.

【 授权许可】

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