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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... Meiji Bunko , the Toritsu Chuo Toshokan , and the International House and Japan Foundation libraries , all in Tokyo ; and in the United States , the East Asiatic libraries of the University of California , Berkeley , xii Preface.
... Meiji Bunko , the Toritsu Chuo Toshokan , and the International House and Japan Foundation libraries , all in Tokyo ; and in the United States , the East Asiatic libraries of the University of California , Berkeley , xii Preface.
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... Meiji bungaku zenshū [ Anthology of Meiji literature ] . 99 vols . Tokyo : Chikuma Shobō , 1965–80 . Nihon Kindai Bungakukan , ed . Nihon kindai bungaku daiji- ten [ Encyclopedia of modern Japanese literature ] . 6 vols . Tokyo ...
... Meiji bungaku zenshū [ Anthology of Meiji literature ] . 99 vols . Tokyo : Chikuma Shobō , 1965–80 . Nihon Kindai Bungakukan , ed . Nihon kindai bungaku daiji- ten [ Encyclopedia of modern Japanese literature ] . 6 vols . Tokyo ...
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... Meiji period ( 1868-1912 ) . After studying western politics , economics , law , science , and society , the Japanese studied literature as well , ever conscious of the standard it provided native writers . Japanese critics soon took to ...
... Meiji period ( 1868-1912 ) . After studying western politics , economics , law , science , and society , the Japanese studied literature as well , ever conscious of the standard it provided native writers . Japanese critics soon took to ...
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... Meiji periods . Like the modern Japa- nese writer in general , he was clearly less involved in the poetics of presentation than his traditional counterpart was . He rarely in- dulged , for example , in the kind of polysemic verbal play ...
... Meiji periods . Like the modern Japa- nese writer in general , he was clearly less involved in the poetics of presentation than his traditional counterpart was . He rarely in- dulged , for example , in the kind of polysemic verbal play ...
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... Meiji talent , had died before the turn of the century , and the energies of prominent female writers working in the 1910s and the 1920s ( such as Yosano Akiko and Hiratsuka Raicho ) were devoted as much to feminist causes as they were ...
... Meiji talent , had died before the turn of the century , and the energies of prominent female writers working in the 1910s and the 1920s ( such as Yosano Akiko and Hiratsuka Raicho ) were devoted as much to feminist causes as they were ...
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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