The Rhetoric of Confession: <i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese FictionUniversity of California Press, 1. sept 2023 - 364 pages The shishosetsu is a Japanese form of autobiographical fiction that flourished during the first two decades of this century. Focusing on the works of Chikamatsu Shuko, Shiga Naoya, and Kasai Zenzo, Edward Fowler explores the complex and paradoxical nature of shishosetsu, and discusses its linguistic, literary and cultural contexts. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988. The shishosetsu is a Japanese form of autobiographical fiction that flourished during the first two decades of this century. Focusing on the works of Chikamatsu Shuko, Shiga Naoya, and Kasai Zenzo, Edward Fowler explores the complex and paradoxical |
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... Soseki , Koda Rohan , and Izumi Kyoka ) had written no shishosetsu.2 It is a form , in other words , with which ... Sōseki's Mi- chikusa and Kyōka's Kunisada egaku to be examples of autobiographical fiction but not of true shishōsetsu ...
... Soseki , Koda Rohan , and Izumi Kyoka ) had written no shishosetsu.2 It is a form , in other words , with which ... Sōseki's Mi- chikusa and Kyōka's Kunisada egaku to be examples of autobiographical fiction but not of true shishōsetsu ...
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... Sōseki and Shimazaki Tōson as Sōseki and Tōson . Writers whose full names are pen names ( e.g. , Futabatei Shi- mei ) are referred to by their surnames . Chikamatsu Shūkō ( Tokuda Kōji ) is an ex- ception , because " Chikamatsu " is ...
... Sōseki and Shimazaki Tōson as Sōseki and Tōson . Writers whose full names are pen names ( e.g. , Futabatei Shi- mei ) are referred to by their surnames . Chikamatsu Shūkō ( Tokuda Kōji ) is an ex- ception , because " Chikamatsu " is ...
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... Soseki , did not write shishosetsu . It was not until the 1930s , when the feminist movement allied itself with the proletarian movement , that a number of influ- ential writers , including Miyamoto Yuriko , Hayashi Fumiko , Sata Ineko ...
... Soseki , did not write shishosetsu . It was not until the 1930s , when the feminist movement allied itself with the proletarian movement , that a number of influ- ential writers , including Miyamoto Yuriko , Hayashi Fumiko , Sata Ineko ...
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... Soseki , being among the earliest and best . Japanese readers would never think of calling these texts shishō- setsu , however , because the narrators bear little or no resemblance to their author . Soseki is no alley cat , after all ...
... Soseki , being among the earliest and best . Japanese readers would never think of calling these texts shishō- setsu , however , because the narrators bear little or no resemblance to their author . Soseki is no alley cat , after all ...
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Contents
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Language and the Illusion of Presence | 28 |
Shishosetsu Criticism and the Myth of Sincerity | 43 |
THE RISE OF A FORM | 71 |
Harbingers I Tokoku Doppo Hogetsu | 73 |
Harbingers II Katai Homei | 103 |
The Bundan Readers Writers Critics | 128 |
THREE APPROACHES TO EXPERIENCE | 147 |
Chikamatsu Shuko The Hero as Fool | 149 |
Shiga Naoya The Hero as Sage | 187 |
Kasai Zenzo The Hero as Victim | 248 |
The Shishosetsu Today | 290 |
Bibliography | 299 |
Index | 315 |
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