On The Relationship Between Kawabata Yasunar And Western Modern Literature

As we know, Kawabata Yasunar's literature is based on Japanese traditional literature merging with modern consciousness and techniques of western modern literature. By adjusting the complex relationship between the tradition and modern, his literature makes them matched well. As a result, not only the oriental works also occidental works can Kawabata Yasunar's literature be treated as. Thus, Kawabata Yasunar's literature is closely related with western literature, especially western modern literature. The thesis will discuss the relation between Kawabata Yasunar's literature and western modern literature from two aspects, influence and parallelism. Firstly, as far as condition, process, background from influence on Kawabata Yasunar's literature by western literature are concerned, Kawabata Yasunar's literature has a close relation with western modern literature. Secondly, by the comparison between western modern literature and Kawabata Yasunar's literature, the thesis profoundly study modern thoughts, modern consciousness of Kawabata Yasunar's literature and merger of them with Japanese tradition.Then, to analyze the new-sensation ways, stream of consciousness ways and symbolic ways in Kawabata Yasunar's novels, and to analyze how Kawabata Yasunar makes western modern literature Japanese by comparison with western modern literature. Finally, by the comparision with the narrative techniques of western modern literature and from the aspects of view, distance and structure, to study the narrative techniques of Kawabata Yasunar's literature, in this case, to show Kawabata Yasunar's unique and Sino-western narrative techniques. In a word, Kawabata Yasunar's literature originated in comparative exchange between oriental and occidental literature, and, his creation began with seeking western new thought and return to the tradition and finally find its own location on oriental-occidental-coordinate axis. Furthermore, the beauty of Kawabata Yasunar's literature came into being after Japanese traditional classical spirits and forms merged with western modern consciousness , aesthetic interests and techniques of novel.