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Haiku-Like Aesthetic Sentence Composition Through the Narrative Process

Haiku-Like Aesthetic Sentence Composition Through the Narrative Process

Yoshihiko Nitta
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522547754|ISBN10: 1522547754|EISBN13: 9781522547761
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4775-4.ch009
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Nitta, Yoshihiko. "Haiku-Like Aesthetic Sentence Composition Through the Narrative Process." Content Generation Through Narrative Communication and Simulation, edited by Takashi Ogata and Shin Asakawa, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 286-309. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4775-4.ch009

APA

Nitta, Y. (2018). Haiku-Like Aesthetic Sentence Composition Through the Narrative Process. In T. Ogata & S. Asakawa (Eds.), Content Generation Through Narrative Communication and Simulation (pp. 286-309). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4775-4.ch009

Chicago

Nitta, Yoshihiko. "Haiku-Like Aesthetic Sentence Composition Through the Narrative Process." In Content Generation Through Narrative Communication and Simulation, edited by Takashi Ogata and Shin Asakawa, 286-309. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4775-4.ch009

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Abstract

Aesthetic sentences often behave freely from ordinary grammatical constraints; nevertheless, they maintain rich message transmitting power. This is apparently a mysterious language phenomenon, which dexterously gives full play to its strong narrative power on the reader's soul. In this chapter, the author takes haiku, classical Japanese short poetic sentence, as a model of aesthetic sentence. By using the concept of functional grammar and season-word ontology, the author tries to approach the secret of taciturn beauty in poetic sentences. The beauty of haiku exists in ellipses, suggestions, and eloquent mutism of 5-7-5 syllable short sentences. In this chapter, the author introduces the functional grammar as a device for explaining the meaning and construction of haiku. The functional grammar claims that every sentence is composed of two categories: kernel sentence and meta-sentence. The author tries to reveal the secrets of the aesthetic beauty of the ultimately simple sentence, haiku.

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