Question
Write a short essay on the following topic. Be sure to support your arguments by exact references to the readings during Weeks 6-8 of this course. Avoid long quotes, and express the ideas found in the texts in your own words as much as possible. The essay should be between 600 and 700 words. Use font size 12 and double space the essay.
Water imagery is central to Izumi Kyōka’s artistic vision and it occurs with great regularity in his stories. Some scholars have argued that in his work water typically connotes danger, metamorphosis, violence, and death.
Discuss all the different occurrences of water and water imagery in Kyōka’s “The Holy Man of Mount Kōya” and whether these are indeed linked by the author to death, metamorphosis, and danger.