Purifying the Narcissist hero; A Feminist study of Kawabata Yasunari’s Snow Country

Author(s)	Bandana, Hemalatha K
Country	India
Abstract	This study examines the portrayal of women in Yasunari Kawabata's work Snow Country, specifically focusing on their depiction as individuals characterized by vulnerability, subordination, and objectification. Kawabata Yasunari was a renowned Japanese author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for elucidating the Japanese mentality in his writings.In 1938, he released his most celebrated novel, Yukiguni (The Snow Country). Set in a remote hot spring town in the mountainous foothills of northern Japan, Snow Country is a dismal tale of a love affair between a Tokyo socialite and a regional geisha. In the novel, Women are labelled as weaklings. They are the ones who constantly weep and are frequently abandoned, whereas men are the dominant and stronger species. The narrative depicts women solely as sexual objects for males.
Keywords	Snow country, Feminism, Narcissism, Purity, Sexual objectification.
Field	Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023
Published On	2023-08-24
Cite This	Purifying the Narcissist hero; A Feminist study of Kawabata Yasunari’s Snow Country - Bandana, Hemalatha K - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.5639
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.5639
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gsm4w3

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