Identifying the Distinctive Style of the Novel Utsukushisa to Kanashimin To「美しさと哀しみと」by Kawabata Yasunari Through Narration Style based on Context
Keywords:
Stylistics, Utsukushisa To Kana-shimi To, Kawabata Yasunari, Kawabata Style, Novel ElementsAbstract
Every literary work is uniquely written by its author. Writers also have distinctive styles that are reflected in the elements that shape their novels. Japanese author Kawabata Yasunari, through his novel Utsukushisa to Kanashimi To (UTKT), attracts scholars’ attention for its narrative style, novel elements, and the author’s distinctive style that reveals his thoughts and emotions. This novel is particularly distinguished by its language, which enables readers to visualize a vivid, comprehensive, and persuasive world. The language's distinctiveness and originality in the novel can be examined through linguistic parameters and stylistic studies. The specific purpose of this research is to describe peculiarities of narrating style based on context. This research employed content analysis methods to examine the structural elements and Kawabata's characteristics in the narratives and dialogues of Kawabata's novels. The result shows that the distinctiveness of language use in the UTKT novel is manifested in the diction through the coherent use of elements and Kawabata’s symbolic style. Through this finding, this research contributes to the understanding of language styles that are fundamental in determining the uniqueness of a novel, thus connecting all the characters with their settings.
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