The Values of Japanese and Indonesian Novels
Delving further into the literary works of Nobel laureates from Japan like Kawabata and Yukio Mishima, we can notice the very paternalistic puritan morals of Asian nations.
Tempo
May 19, 2020
IN Confessions of a Mask or The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima, we witness the characters’ high loyalty toward their superiors. All their efforts and motivations seem to be only dedicated to the high esteem of and reverence for the authorities, who will be continuously defended until they face the risk of fatality.
Its connection with the characters in the novel Pikiran Orang Indonesia (Indonesian Minds) is indeed very
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