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PROSE INTRODUCTION

War is a form of conflict enduring throughout history; it e!oses our ontological

"rutality and the dar#er side of humanity $ our underlying a"ility to des!ise and

e%en to #ill another human "eing& 'any (riters and artists dra( u!on thissu")ect matter to !roduce confronting and significant no%els&

An Artist of the Floating World"y *a+uo Ishiguro andAll Quiet on the Western

Front"y Erich 'aria Remar,ue "oth deal (ith (ar $ its dehumanising nature

and its cataclysmic effect on indi%iduals and societies&

-o(e%erAn Artist of the Floating World is set in !ost. World War II /a!an0 and

focuses on the generational ga! !rom!ted "y the conse,uence of the (ar and

hence is (ritten (ith an em!hasis on the dialogues0 (hileAll Quiet on the

Western Front directly descri"es the 1erman soldiers2 etreme !hysical andmental stress during the (ar0 and is (ritten in a more descri!ti%e and narrati%e

style&

An Artist of the Floating Worldhighlights the generational ga! and hence

focuses on the dialogue& Ishiguro0 through his use of su"tle nuances in "oth the

dialogues and occasional con%ersational narrations0 !resents the fluctuating

%alues after the colla!se of Im!erial /a!an and the introduction of 3merican

%alues0 resulting in the ostracism of the older generations&

In contrast0All Quiet on the Western Front is focused on the use of e%ocati%e

narrations& 3lthough it deals (ith the same su")ect matter0 its literary style is

more descri!ti%e and "ased on techni,ues such as meta!hor0 simile and

!ersonification to "ring out the !hysically grotes,ue nature of (ar&