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An Essay on 'At Kinosaki' by Shiga Noaya
Background Facts about 'At Kinosaki'
Shiga Naoya wrote "At Kinosaki" (Kinosaki ni te ) in 1917, when he was 34 years old. The story is based on his real experience in the autumn of 1913, when he was recovering at the hot springs of Kinosaki, from an accident which nearly to ....
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.... of writing. He so efficiently sets up a story's entire background in one sentence with nothing but simple fact. Tanizaki Junichiro refers to this as Shiga's 'practicality' (jitsuyo), which Tanizaki writes is quite rare in Japanese prose. One of the features of Shiga's writing the reader notices very quickly is his short sentences, which is an integral part of this 'practicality'
The second sentence immediately following this background setting sentence is an equally efficient sentence in introducing the story's theme of death and the attitude of th ....
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