THE POEM THE OCTOPUS THAT WOULD NOT DIE BY SAKUTARO HAGIWARA: AN ANALYSIS
THE POEM THE OCTOPUS THAT WOULD NOT DIE BY SAKUTARO HAGIWARA: AN ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to analyse the poem The Octopus that Would Not Die by Modernist Japanese poet Sakutaro Hagiwara based on a reader-response approach. This approach is further completed by textual analysis, knowledge of Modernist literature, knowledge of specific features of Japanese culture, such as indirect communication and reliance in their traditional poetry on the visual means of expression, as well as pragmatic competence, which refers to the way in which literary works are similar to dialogues between authors and readers. The poem by Hagiwara is an example of experimental work specific to Modernism, challenging the every known form of the poem, the borders between poetry and prose, literary and figurative language, abstract and concrete meanings, as well as real world and fantasy world.

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