ASSIGNMENT | Think about three main points of comparison and three main points of contrast

Think about three main points of comparison and three main points of contrast
between Gogol’s work and Akinari’s in terms of A) style, B) themes, and C) perspectives
on what it means to be human – give at least one point of comparison and one point of contrast per topic. Note these six points in brief, bullet form. Be prepared to justify your opinions in-class discussion.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Japanese Fiction in Comparative Contexts 5

Styles

• Supernatural style of presentation. Akinari uses the word kaidan which means PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW AT writtask.com | Reed Choked House,” a man who had disappeared comes back home to the wife who unfortunately is a ghost. Nikolai Gogol uses the same style when Akaky who had died comes back as a ghost and engages in stealing the coat of a general that had PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW AT writtask.com | to help him before death (Vídalín, 2016).
• Literary allusion and direct communication: On the contrary, while in ‘tales of the moonlight and rain” the narrator has used literary allusion through ghost stories, in the overcoat, the style of writing is more direct with minimal figurative presentations hence easy to PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW AT writtask.com |.

Themes

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