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 xvii
... simply a distortion of literary naturalism imported from the west . To the extent that the shishosetsu is in fact traditional and by that measure unique , we must understand how Japanese literature as a whole differs from western ...
... simply a distortion of literary naturalism imported from the west . To the extent that the shishosetsu is in fact traditional and by that measure unique , we must understand how Japanese literature as a whole differs from western ...
Page xxv
... . Out of this relationship emerged the institution of the bundan , which means , simply , literary circle ( s ) but which in the Taisho pe- riod referred specifically to that close alliance of writers , Introduction XXV.
... . Out of this relationship emerged the institution of the bundan , which means , simply , literary circle ( s ) but which in the Taisho pe- riod referred specifically to that close alliance of writers , Introduction XXV.
Page xxvi
... simply of a different nature than they were in the west ; that a different kind of literature would result from these expecta- tions was only natural . This is not to say that western fiction lacks parallels to the shishō- setsu . The ...
... simply of a different nature than they were in the west ; that a different kind of literature would result from these expecta- tions was only natural . This is not to say that western fiction lacks parallels to the shishō- setsu . The ...
Page xxix
... simply their lives or their times but also the system of narrative presentation that informs the shishō- setsu as a whole , which can be evaluated only by a survey of several authors ' works . Our focus , then , is first and foremost on ...
... simply their lives or their times but also the system of narrative presentation that informs the shishō- setsu as a whole , which can be evaluated only by a survey of several authors ' works . Our focus , then , is first and foremost on ...
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... simply cannot be serious about it . Fubatatei Shimei , " Watakushi wa kaigi - ha da ” · I think that truly creative writing involves . discovering something in yourself , not dreaming up some formally sat- isfying story . Yasuoka ...
... simply cannot be serious about it . Fubatatei Shimei , " Watakushi wa kaigi - ha da ” · I think that truly creative writing involves . discovering something in yourself , not dreaming up some formally sat- isfying story . Yasuoka ...
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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Akutagawa An'ya kōro argues artistic audience autobiographical bungaku career chapter character Chikamatsu Shūkō confession consciousness critics culture cycle Doppo emotional essay example fact father feelings first-person narration Futon Giwaku hero's Hōgetsu Hōmei Ibid Itō Japan Japanese literature junbungaku kare Kasai hero Kasai Zenzō kenkyū Kensaku Kindai Kobayashi Kobayashi Hideo Kume Masao Kunikida Doppo language later literary lived experience magazine Masamune Hakuchō Meiji modern Japanese mono Nakamura Mitsuo narrator-hero narrator's Natsume Sōseki naturalist nature never Nihon novel Osei Osuma Ōtsu reader reality relationship sense setsu Shiga Naoya Shimazaki Tōson shinkyō shinkyō shōsetsu Shirakaba shishō shishōsetsu writer shō shōsetsu ron shū Shūjaku sincerity social society Sōseki's story story's Taishō Taishō period Tanizaki Tayama Katai third-person thought tion Tōkoku Tokyo Tōson tradition truth Wakai Wakareta tsuma watakushi shōsetsu western western fiction writing written reportive style Yukioka zenshū