![]() ![]() Mishima was the son of a high civil servant and attended the aristocratic Peers School in Tokyo. By searching for the logic of community that acts as the background of the story and the issue of sex/gender between male and female protagonists, the method adopted by the narrator to construct and present the story of heterosexuality which is encircled by society is examined, and the position of "Shiosai" in Mishima's oeuvre is then clarified. Mishima Yukio, pseudonym of Hiraoka Kimitake, (born January 14, 1925, Tokyo, Japandied November 25, 1970, Tokyo), prolific writer who is regarded by many critics as the most important Japanese novelist of the 20th century. ![]() Mishima used to depict alienation and a sense of the resistance of the society towards homosexuality in his previous other works but in "Shiosai" he not only delineates heterosexuality, but also expresses it as a kind of love that is surrounded by the society and should be blessed as well. In this paper, while attention is paid to Mishima's remarks, the peculiarity and significance of "Shiosai" is analyzed in terms of gender/sexuality and narration. Based on the 1954 novel The Sound of Waves by Mishima Yukio. On the other hand, it is also regarded as an idiosyncratic opus differing in its main themes from his other literary works, and Mishima himself admitted this fact as well. The Sound of Waves (Japanese Movie) Shiosai Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue. Shiosai(The Sound of Waves) is well known as one of Yukio Mishima's masterpieces, and generally loved by myriads of readers. ![]()
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