The Rhetoric of Confession: <i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese FictionThe 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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It makes the best linguistic sense, moreover, as the narrating voice merges most
easily with that of the narrated subject — a feature of the Japanese language
generally. We shall see that the first- person or third-person shishosetsu, almost
by ...
It makes the best linguistic sense, moreover, as the narrating voice merges most
easily with that of the narrated subject — a feature of the Japanese language
generally. We shall see that the first- person or third-person shishosetsu, almost
by ...
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Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1969-74. NKD Nihon Daijiten Kankokai, ed. Nihon
kokugo daijiten [Dictionary of the Japanese national language]. 20 vols. Tokyo:
Shogakukan, 1972-76. SNZ Shiga Naoya zenshu [Shiga Naoya: collected works]
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Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1969-74. NKD Nihon Daijiten Kankokai, ed. Nihon
kokugo daijiten [Dictionary of the Japanese national language]. 20 vols. Tokyo:
Shogakukan, 1972-76. SNZ Shiga Naoya zenshu [Shiga Naoya: collected works]
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Contents
| 3 | |
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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| Title | The Rhetoric of Confession: <i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction |
| Author | Edward Fowler |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0520912764, 9780520912762 |
| Length | 364 pages |
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