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A Computational Analysis of Literary Style: Comparison of Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio
Tomatsu, Reiko (2006-01-01). A Computational Analysis of Literary Style: Comparison of Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio. In: Bennett, Kate, Jamarani, Maryam and Tolton, Laura Rhizomes: Re-Visioning Boundaries, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland, (). 24-25 February, 2006.
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| Author(s) |
Tomatsu, Reiko
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| Title of paper |
A Computational Analysis of Literary Style: Comparison of Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio
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| Conference name |
Rhizomes: Re-Visioning Boundaries
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| Conference location |
School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland
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| Conference dates |
24-25 February, 2006
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| Editor(s) |
Bennett, Kate
Jamarani, Maryam
Tolton, Laura
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| Publication date |
2006-01-01
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| Abstract/Summary |
The present study identifies the major stylistic characteristics of the fiction of Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio. The analysis is primarily based on quantitative data derived
from computational analysis. A secondary goal of the research is to generate a computational model suitable for the analysis of all Japanese literary texts. According to Yasumoto Yoshinori's study
in 1965, Kawabata and Mishima share few common stylistic features, and therefore their writing styles should show some distinct stylistic contrasts. The focus of the present study is to explore
these stylistic contrasts. Only a small percentage of these studies have dealt with linguistic features of Kawabata and Mishima, and even these have not been based on an objective analysis of all
the related data. To my knowledge no other researchers have conducted an intensive statistical investigation of their styles. To address the limitations of the past studies I conducted an intensive
corpus linguistic analysis of the works by Kawabata and Mishima, and attempt a literary stylistic interpretation of our collected statistical data. All the selected stylistic indicators I examined
have revealed the characteristics of the writing styles of Kawabata and Mishima to varying extents. I have identified three levels of indicators of writing styles. The findings of our quantitative
study have provided concrete evidence to contribute towards an objective assessment of the style of Kawabata and Mishima. The computational model established in the present research can also be
used to analyse Japanese literary texts.
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420219 Stylistics
420212 Japanese
420200 Literature Studies
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Yukio Mishima
Yasunari Kawabata
stylistic differences
Japanese writers
fiction
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