The national peculiarities of Y. Kawabata’s story "Snow Country"

Abstract

The article investigates Y. Kawabata's story "Snow Country" through the aspect of the national paradigm. The author outlines the thematic and problematic aspects, through the concepts of "nature" and "beauty" which are characteristic for Japanese national outlook. It has been proved that the motif of love is treated in the dialectical entity with the above-mentioned concepts and allows the author to show the originality of nature and the particularity of every moment in human life.  The national principles of restoring the world have been selected, and the two ways of describing the reality have been suggested accordingly: the real and the psychological. The author interprets literary methods of creating the internal image of the world and shows the importance of the structural and meaningful role of characters and their national expressiveness.  The article reveals the national roots and cultural traditions that depict the ethnic identity of the author's attitude in the story.