Session 16—Th, Mar 8: 川端康成 (3 of 3)

Topics for this session

❖ 掌の小説　てのひらのしょうせつ: 「有難う」 ありがとう (1925)
❖ 掌の小説　てのひらのしょうせつ: 「心中」 しんじゅう (1926)

Thoughts*

Rhythm is so important in 「有難う」 that is is rising close to the level of theme. For 「心中」 please remember the original meaning of this work — "shared heart" — in addition to its meaning of "double suicide [between lovers or family members]". This latter story modulates sound volume to establish a crescendo of plot.

Required—to be completed for today's session

✓ Read 「有難う」
✓ Read 「心中」
✓ Memorized passage checked during this session.
✓ Full text analysis to be written, then submitted, after the session is finished.