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- Title
REORDERING THE WORLD: PURITY IN YUKIO MISHIMA'S THE SEA OF FERTILITY.
- Authors
CĂPĂŢÎNĂ, LOREDANA
- Abstract
With his last fictional work, Mishima attempts to explore the options one would find available in a desacralised 20th century Japan. Within the background of modernist change and Westernisation, and that of Buddhist belief, his characters adhere to the path of purity by attempting to realign the changing world under their own prerogatives, with the final pupose of preserving identity. In an ultimate application of the mono no aware concept, Mishma discerns the essentiality of a short yet meaningful life in contrast with the degradation of passivity. As such, the purpose of this inquiry is to analyse the evolution of the tetralogy within the frame of these circumstances, and the author's perspective on the notion of purity in relation with personal and national identity.
- Subjects
JAPAN; SEA of Fertility, The (Book); MISHIMA, Yukio, 1925-1970; PURITY (Philosophy) in literature; NATIONAL character in literature; IDENTITY (Psychology) in literature; 20TH century Japanese history
- Publication
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Philologia, 2013, Vol 58, Issue 1, p257
- ISSN
1220-0484
- Publication type
Article