1 Modernity in some of Kawabata’s short stories / Hoang Thi Huong // Khoa học & Công nghệ Đại học Duy Tân .- 2022 .- Số 5(54) .- P. 124-129 .- 800

Yasunari Kawabata (1899 - 1972), is a remarkable talent in the art of expression and the richness of genres and themes, and ideas in modern Japanese literature. He was born and raised in the country's comprehensive renewal of the country from economy, politics, and society to culture, Kawabata was dominated by Western liberal and democratic ideas. This has contributed to creating a new look for Japanese literature: young, rich, and bold. It can be seen that modernism largely influenced Kawabata's composition, particularly in the short story genre. However, he is not only a modern writer but also a traditional writer. The combination of East-West flows in his writing underground produces created literary masterpieces in which the modern element also carries very distinct personality traits. Therefore, learning about Modernity in some of Kawabata's short stories is a research way that we are very interested in contributing to deciphering some of the success of a writer.