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 x
... important work that treats the mode of confession as formal convention ( as opposed to some ontologically truthful ac- count ) and introduces eight authors ( including those appearing in this book ) , most of whom are little known in ...
... important work that treats the mode of confession as formal convention ( as opposed to some ontologically truthful ac- count ) and introduces eight authors ( including those appearing in this book ) , most of whom are little known in ...
Page xii
... important criticisms . Their scrupulous readings gave rise to much of what I think is of value in this book , and not a little of what has been judiciously excised . In Japan , I was the beneficiary of numerous kindnesses and ...
... important criticisms . Their scrupulous readings gave rise to much of what I think is of value in this book , and not a little of what has been judiciously excised . In Japan , I was the beneficiary of numerous kindnesses and ...
Page xvi
... important writers and occupies a central po- sition in modern Japanese letters . Coming to terms with it means coming to terms in many ways with the entire literature . The period under discussion begins roughly with the publica- tion ...
... important writers and occupies a central po- sition in modern Japanese letters . Coming to terms with it means coming to terms in many ways with the entire literature . The period under discussion begins roughly with the publica- tion ...
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... importance in modern Japanese letters . How we interpret the shishosetsu will depend a great deal on how we interpret Japanese literature and indeed all of Japanese cul- ture . Orthodoxy has it that it is a Japanized version of European ...
... importance in modern Japanese letters . How we interpret the shishosetsu will depend a great deal on how we interpret Japanese literature and indeed all of Japanese cul- ture . Orthodoxy has it that it is a Japanized version of European ...
Page xxi
... important catalyst to my thinking on Japanese literature . See esp . the preface and part 1 , in which Burch discusses the " presentational " orientation of Japanese narrative forms and the traditional unconcern for unbroken linear ...
... important catalyst to my thinking on Japanese literature . See esp . the preface and part 1 , in which Burch discusses the " presentational " orientation of Japanese narrative forms and the traditional unconcern for unbroken linear ...
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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