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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... to the detriment of the latter . This critical bias is discussed in detail in Chapter 3 . 9. George B. Sansom , The Western World and Japan , 404 . presumed models , particularly nineteenth - century " realism " xxii Introduction.
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... , see , for example , Hayden White , " The Fictions of Factual Representation . " White's position is discussed fur- ther in Chapter 1 of this study . rience , and his chief enterprise consisted of recording his Introduction xxiii.
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... a large one , for as we shall see in Chapter 3 , deciding what to call the shishosetsu 12. Ralph Freedman , The Lyrical Novel , 1 , 8 . 13. Ibid . , 1 . has determined to a significant degree how critics in Japan Introduction xxvii.
... a large one , for as we shall see in Chapter 3 , deciding what to call the shishosetsu 12. Ralph Freedman , The Lyrical Novel , 1 , 8 . 13. Ibid . , 1 . has determined to a significant degree how critics in Japan Introduction xxvii.
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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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