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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... Chikamatsu Shūkō : The Hero as Fool 149 8. Shiga Naoya : The Hero as Sage 187 9. Kasai Zenzō : The Hero as Victim 248 Epilogue : The Shishōsetsu Today Bibliography 290 299 Index 315 Preface Early in the summer of 1985 , I sat.
... Chikamatsu Shūkō : The Hero as Fool 149 8. Shiga Naoya : The Hero as Sage 187 9. Kasai Zenzō : The Hero as Victim 248 Epilogue : The Shishōsetsu Today Bibliography 290 299 Index 315 Preface Early in the summer of 1985 , I sat.
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... Chikamatsu Shūkō kenkyū [ A study of Chikamatsu Shūkō ] . Tokyo : Gakushū Kenkyūsha , 1980 . Hirano Ken , ed . Chikamatsu Shūkō shū [ Chikamatsu Shūkō : an anthology ] . Vol . 14 of Nihon bungaku zenshū [ Japanese literature : an ...
... Chikamatsu Shūkō kenkyū [ A study of Chikamatsu Shūkō ] . Tokyo : Gakushū Kenkyūsha , 1980 . Hirano Ken , ed . Chikamatsu Shūkō shū [ Chikamatsu Shūkō : an anthology ] . Vol . 14 of Nihon bungaku zenshū [ Japanese literature : an ...
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... Chikamatsu Shuko ( 1876– 1944 ) , Shiga Naoya ( 1883-1971 ) , and Kasai Zenzo ( 1887-1928 ) . Shiga is a celebrated writer , while Shuko and Kasai3 are relative unknowns here and in Japan . The latter two writers have been se- lected ...
... Chikamatsu Shuko ( 1876– 1944 ) , Shiga Naoya ( 1883-1971 ) , and Kasai Zenzo ( 1887-1928 ) . Shiga is a celebrated writer , while Shuko and Kasai3 are relative unknowns here and in Japan . The latter two writers have been se- lected ...
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... Chikamatsu Shuko , Shiga Naoya , and Kasai Zenzo are based on the authors ' lives ; yet to use the texts , as Japanese critics often do , to " document " the extraliterary lives and see the latter as the " true " object of criticism is ...
... Chikamatsu Shuko , Shiga Naoya , and Kasai Zenzo are based on the authors ' lives ; yet to use the texts , as Japanese critics often do , to " document " the extraliterary lives and see the latter as the " true " object of criticism is ...
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... Chikamatsu Shūkō or Shiga Naoya or Kasai Zenzō and still wonder what the author is getting at in his writings . The shishōsetsu is often formally unsatisfying , then , because it does not follow the narra- tive conventions that have ...
... Chikamatsu Shūkō or Shiga Naoya or Kasai Zenzō and still wonder what the author is getting at in his writings . The shishōsetsu is often formally unsatisfying , then , because it does not follow the narra- tive conventions that have ...
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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