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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... Beginnings , esp . the section on narrative fiction ( 81-94 ) that introduces chap . 3 ( " The Novel as Beginning Intention " ) ; and his essay entitled " The Text , the World , the Critic . " 6. Mori Atsushi and Takano Etsuko ...
... Beginnings , esp . the section on narrative fiction ( 81-94 ) that introduces chap . 3 ( " The Novel as Beginning Intention " ) ; and his essay entitled " The Text , the World , the Critic . " 6. Mori Atsushi and Takano Etsuko ...
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... beginning of the Meiji period ( 1868-1912 ) . After studying western politics , economics , law , science , and society , the Japanese studied literature as well , ever conscious of the standard it provided native writers . Japanese ...
... beginning of the Meiji period ( 1868-1912 ) . After studying western politics , economics , law , science , and society , the Japanese studied literature as well , ever conscious of the standard it provided native writers . Japanese ...
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... beginning of the novelistic tradition ( one thinks immedi- ately of a work like Tristram Shandy in English literature ) ; yet the mimetic view has prevailed until well into this century . For a contemporary analysis of the conven- tions ...
... beginning of the novelistic tradition ( one thinks immedi- ately of a work like Tristram Shandy in English literature ) ; yet the mimetic view has prevailed until well into this century . For a contemporary analysis of the conven- tions ...
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... beginning , however , its much broader meaning and scope defied the neat definition of " novel " that the students , in all good faith , originally assigned to it . In the first place , shosetsu refers to a prose fiction of any length ...
... beginning , however , its much broader meaning and scope defied the neat definition of " novel " that the students , in all good faith , originally assigned to it . In the first place , shosetsu refers to a prose fiction of any length ...
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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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