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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... written but also on being read creatively . Ito Sei , Shosetsu no hoho This book examines one culture's view of the place of the author in his writings and of the place of fiction in literature . It focuses on the shishosetsu ( more ...
... written but also on being read creatively . Ito Sei , Shosetsu no hoho This book examines one culture's view of the place of the author in his writings and of the place of fiction in literature . It focuses on the shishosetsu ( more ...
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... writing ? Or is it made possible by an unconscious molding of expectations during the course of our study ? Or , finally , is it made possible merely 3. This book follows the Japanese practice of referring to a writer by his surname ( ...
... writing ? Or is it made possible by an unconscious molding of expectations during the course of our study ? Or , finally , is it made possible merely 3. This book follows the Japanese practice of referring to a writer by his surname ( ...
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... writing after the manner of Flaubert or Joyce , " pure literature " in Japan ( a category to which the shishosetsu belongs ) ... written work , as the definitive " text " on which critical judg- ment ultimately rests and to see the work as ...
... writing after the manner of Flaubert or Joyce , " pure literature " in Japan ( a category to which the shishosetsu belongs ) ... written work , as the definitive " text " on which critical judg- ment ultimately rests and to see the work as ...
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... writing . Insofar as the shishosetsu is a prose fiction , it can never be a completely personal communicative act ; the narrator does not know the recipient of his discourse in the same way as , say , the writer of a letter . As Roland ...
... writing . Insofar as the shishosetsu is a prose fiction , it can never be a completely personal communicative act ; the narrator does not know the recipient of his discourse in the same way as , say , the writer of a letter . As Roland ...
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... written in 1920 by Uno Koji ( 1891-1961 ) , which relates one man's affair with a country geisha , plays on this notion . The narrator- hero interrupts his account and addresses his readers : I have mentioned that I am a writer . When ...
... written in 1920 by Uno Koji ( 1891-1961 ) , which relates one man's affair with a country geisha , plays on this notion . The narrator- hero interrupts his account and addresses his readers : I have mentioned that I am a writer . When ...
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