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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... appearing in this book ) , most of whom are little known in the west . I believe that a discussion limited to a single work by each author , however , cannot fully explain how a writer actually goes about producing , or how a reader ...
... appearing in this book ) , most of whom are little known in the west . I believe that a discussion limited to a single work by each author , however , cannot fully explain how a writer actually goes about producing , or how a reader ...
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... appear to be more culture - bound than the specific information presented . What distinguishes the shishosetsu from ... appears to be so attenuated in shishō- setsu and in much of Japanese fiction . It should come as no sur- prise , then ...
... appear to be more culture - bound than the specific information presented . What distinguishes the shishosetsu from ... appears to be so attenuated in shishō- setsu and in much of Japanese fiction . It should come as no sur- prise , then ...
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... appear to be inappropriate stems of course from the great prestige that western culture as a whole has enjoyed since the beginning of the Meiji period ( 1868-1912 ) . After studying western politics , economics , law , science , and ...
... appear to be inappropriate stems of course from the great prestige that western culture as a whole has enjoyed since the beginning of the Meiji period ( 1868-1912 ) . After studying western politics , economics , law , science , and ...
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... appear , since all but a few major writers during the time of this study were men . Higuchi Ichiyo , that me- teoric , mid - Meiji talent , had died before the turn of the century , and the energies of prominent female writers working ...
... appear , since all but a few major writers during the time of this study were men . Higuchi Ichiyo , that me- teoric , mid - Meiji talent , had died before the turn of the century , and the energies of prominent female writers working ...
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... readers at the outset to the illusory nature of this most " realistic " ( as Japanese critics would have it ) of narrative modes . 3 The shishosetsu appears all the more illusory in translation . 1: Fictions and Fabrications.
... readers at the outset to the illusory nature of this most " realistic " ( as Japanese critics would have it ) of narrative modes . 3 The shishosetsu appears all the more illusory in translation . 1: Fictions and Fabrications.
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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