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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... Japanese language generally . We shall see that the first- person or third ... writers considered cen- tral to the shishosetsu enterprise . My concern is ... writers , but none primarily on the shishosetsu form itself . The one study to ...
... Japanese language generally . We shall see that the first- person or third ... writers considered cen- tral to the shishosetsu enterprise . My concern is ... writers , but none primarily on the shishosetsu form itself . The one study to ...
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... writers I discussed ) in the conviction that only an extended treatment of several writers ' tex- tual production would reveal the contours of the shishosetsu form— and , more ambitiously , the landscape of modern Japanese litera- ture ...
... writers I discussed ) in the conviction that only an extended treatment of several writers ' tex- tual production would reveal the contours of the shishosetsu form— and , more ambitiously , the landscape of modern Japanese litera- ture ...
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... Japanese litera- ture . Chiyuki Kumakura continually pressed me to ever ... Japan , I was the beneficiary of numerous kindnesses and considerable ... writers and editors , including Ibuse Masuji , Irokawa Budai , Maruko Tetsuo ...
... Japanese litera- ture . Chiyuki Kumakura continually pressed me to ever ... Japan , I was the beneficiary of numerous kindnesses and considerable ... writers and editors , including Ibuse Masuji , Irokawa Budai , Maruko Tetsuo ...
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<i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction Edward Fowler. lated as " I - novel " ) , an ... writers and occupies a central po- sition in modern Japanese letters . Coming to terms with it means coming to terms in many ...
<i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction Edward Fowler. lated as " I - novel " ) , an ... writers and occupies a central po- sition in modern Japanese letters . Coming to terms with it means coming to terms in many ...
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<i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction Edward Fowler. Akutagawa Ryunosuke , belittled the form only to use it themselves in time . Still others , like Tokuda Shusei , Shimazaki Toson , and the authors presented in ...
<i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction Edward Fowler. Akutagawa Ryunosuke , belittled the form only to use it themselves in time . Still others , like Tokuda Shusei , Shimazaki Toson , and the authors presented in ...
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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