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. |
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Page ix
... fact that the shosetsu itself — that Japanese word we glibly translate as " novel " —also differs fundamentally from western narrative . Indeed , to translate shosetsu or shishosetsu as " novel " or " I - novel " at all is to assume ...
... fact that the shosetsu itself — that Japanese word we glibly translate as " novel " —also differs fundamentally from western narrative . Indeed , to translate shosetsu or shishosetsu as " novel " or " I - novel " at all is to assume ...
Page xi
... fact is not necessarily to the detriment of shosetsu . What Japanese offers is a degree of narrator - hero - reader identification that is literally unthinkable in English or in other western lan- guages . No wonder confusion between ...
... fact is not necessarily to the detriment of shosetsu . What Japanese offers is a degree of narrator - hero - reader identification that is literally unthinkable in English or in other western lan- guages . No wonder confusion between ...
Page xvii
... fact traditional and by that measure unique , we must understand how Japanese literature as a whole differs from western literature . But to the extent that it is accessible to a readership other than its intended original audience and ...
... fact traditional and by that measure unique , we must understand how Japanese literature as a whole differs from western literature . But to the extent that it is accessible to a readership other than its intended original audience and ...
Page xix
... fact that many shishosetsu are indeed impenetrable 4. So would a certain strain of autobiographical fiction in Japanese that is clearly influenced by western models . Tokutomi Roka's Omoide no ki ( 1901 ) , for example , is a fairly ...
... fact that many shishosetsu are indeed impenetrable 4. So would a certain strain of autobiographical fiction in Japanese that is clearly influenced by western models . Tokutomi Roka's Omoide no ki ( 1901 ) , for example , is a fairly ...
Page xxix
... fact not as arbitrary as it might first appear , since all but a few major writers during the time of this study were men . Higuchi Ichiyo , that me- teoric , mid - Meiji talent , had died before the turn of the century , and the ...
... fact not as arbitrary as it might first appear , since all but a few major writers during the time of this study were men . Higuchi Ichiyo , that me- teoric , mid - Meiji talent , had died before the turn of the century , and the ...
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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