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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Page ix
... narrative fiction and particularly the autobiographical form known as the shishō- setsu — often mistranslated ( as I shall argue ) as " I - novel . " We had hardly settled into our seats and taken in the view from the lobby when he ...
... narrative fiction and particularly the autobiographical form known as the shishō- setsu — often mistranslated ( as I shall argue ) as " I - novel . " We had hardly settled into our seats and taken in the view from the lobby when he ...
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... narrative tradition . Even as I refer to " traditional " narrative in the west , I am aware of the plurality of narrative forms in western prose fiction , particu- larly in the twentieth century . I use it as the basis for comparison ...
... narrative tradition . Even as I refer to " traditional " narrative in the west , I am aware of the plurality of narrative forms in western prose fiction , particu- larly in the twentieth century . I use it as the basis for comparison ...
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... narrative representation at the Sixth School of Criticism and Theory , held at Northwestern University in the summer of 1982 , greatly aided my analysis of narrative . I am grateful to Miriam Cooke , Chiyuki Kumakura , S.-Y. Kuroda ...
... narrative representation at the Sixth School of Criticism and Theory , held at Northwestern University in the summer of 1982 , greatly aided my analysis of narrative . I am grateful to Miriam Cooke , Chiyuki Kumakura , S.-Y. Kuroda ...
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... narrative ( hence- forth " narrative " will be used in this particular sense ) , and it is precisely this mechanism that appears to be so attenuated in shishō- setsu and in much of Japanese fiction . It should come as no sur- prise ...
... narrative ( hence- forth " narrative " will be used in this particular sense ) , and it is precisely this mechanism that appears to be so attenuated in shishō- setsu and in much of Japanese fiction . It should come as no sur- prise ...
Page xxi
... narrative in the sense defined here has therefore played a limited role . The western author has regarded his hero as an au- tonomous figure with the power to create his own world ; he rep- resents , by means of a plot , the ...
... narrative in the sense defined here has therefore played a limited role . The western author has regarded his hero as an au- tonomous figure with the power to create his own world ; he rep- resents , by means of a plot , the ...
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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