Funerary Symbols in Oe Kenzaburo’s the Silent Cry (1967) and Masuji Ibuse’s Black Rain (1970)

Abstract

In this paper, we start by identifying the funerary symbols employed in the two texts under study in this work, comparatively. In the second part of the paper, the funerary symbols employed in individual texts, but not reflected in the other text, are explained. For the ease of accomplishing this, several ways were employed. The selected texts by Oe Kenzaburo and Masuji Ibuse greatly helped in putting their names in the world map as some of the most renowned literary writers.