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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... style but the rhetorical style of sincerity , which is no more — and no less— than a sophisticated verbal artifact . Part 2 explores the impact that literary tradition , the naturalist movement , and contemporary journalistic realities ...
... style but the rhetorical style of sincerity , which is no more — and no less— than a sophisticated verbal artifact . Part 2 explores the impact that literary tradition , the naturalist movement , and contemporary journalistic realities ...
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... style realistic repre- sentation from which it has presumably borrowed so heavily . Its critically mixed reception notwithstanding , the shishosetsu has been championed by many important writers and occupies a central po- sition in ...
... style realistic repre- sentation from which it has presumably borrowed so heavily . Its critically mixed reception notwithstanding , the shishosetsu has been championed by many important writers and occupies a central po- sition in ...
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... styles in a variety of literary and performative modes throughout history : waka , haikai , nikki , zuihitsu , no , joruri , and even monogatari and ukiyo zoshi , which have commonly but incorrectly been regarded as narrative - centered ...
... styles in a variety of literary and performative modes throughout history : waka , haikai , nikki , zuihitsu , no , joruri , and even monogatari and ukiyo zoshi , which have commonly but incorrectly been regarded as narrative - centered ...
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... style . We shall see in Part 3 how Chikamatsu Shuko , for example , uses the relatively formal watashi to lend an air of solemn , matter - of - fact dignity to his zany accounts of depraved love ; how Shiga Naoya uses jibun to distance ...
... style . We shall see in Part 3 how Chikamatsu Shuko , for example , uses the relatively formal watashi to lend an air of solemn , matter - of - fact dignity to his zany accounts of depraved love ; how Shiga Naoya uses jibun to distance ...
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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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