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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Page x
... narrating voice merges most easily with that of the narrated subject — a fea- ture of the Japanese language generally ... narrator's and the hero's own . Without denying a basic commonality between shosetsu and novel , then , this book ...
... narrating voice merges most easily with that of the narrated subject — a fea- ture of the Japanese language generally ... narrator's and the hero's own . Without denying a basic commonality between shosetsu and novel , then , this book ...
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... narrator - hero - reader identification that is literally unthinkable in English or in other western lan- guages . No wonder confusion between hero and narrator ( and by extension , author ) is so prevalent : they can be defined only in ...
... narrator - hero - reader identification that is literally unthinkable in English or in other western lan- guages . No wonder confusion between hero and narrator ( and by extension , author ) is so prevalent : they can be defined only in ...
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... character's ( or narrator's ) name or situation . The conven- tion of the author as an actor who played himself had the effect of drawing the reader closer to the narrator - hero and creating a bond that was often stronger than the ...
... character's ( or narrator's ) name or situation . The conven- tion of the author as an actor who played himself had the effect of drawing the reader closer to the narrator - hero and creating a bond that was often stronger than the ...
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... narrator who remained hidden behind the characters he created . For both , reality in literature stemmed largely from the narrator's ability to speak in literally the same voice as his hero and thereby invite reader identification . All ...
... narrator who remained hidden behind the characters he created . For both , reality in literature stemmed largely from the narrator's ability to speak in literally the same voice as his hero and thereby invite reader identification . All ...
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... narrator gives a first - person account of his experiences . This genre is ... narrators bear little or no resemblance to their author . Soseki is no alley cat ... hero is clearly modeled after the author.2 1. Tanpen , chuhen , and chosen ...
... narrator gives a first - person account of his experiences . This genre is ... narrators bear little or no resemblance to their author . Soseki is no alley cat ... hero is clearly modeled after the author.2 1. Tanpen , chuhen , and chosen ...
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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Akutagawa An'ya kōro argues artistic audience autobiographical bungaku career chapter character Chikamatsu Shūkō confession consciousness critics culture cycle Doppo emotional essay example fact father feelings first-person narration Futon Giwaku hero's Hōgetsu Hōmei Ibid Itō Japan Japanese literature junbungaku kare Kasai hero Kasai Zenzō kenkyū Kensaku Kindai Kobayashi Kobayashi Hideo Kume Masao Kunikida Doppo language later literary lived experience magazine Masamune Hakuchō Meiji modern Japanese mono Nakamura Mitsuo narrator-hero narrator's Natsume Sōseki naturalist nature never Nihon novel Osei Osuma Ōtsu reader reality relationship sense setsu Shiga Naoya Shimazaki Tōson shinkyō shinkyō shōsetsu Shirakaba shishō shishōsetsu writer shō shōsetsu ron shū Shūjaku sincerity social society Sōseki's story story's Taishō Taishō period Tanizaki Tayama Katai third-person thought tion Tōkoku Tokyo Tōson tradition truth Wakai Wakareta tsuma watakushi shōsetsu western western fiction writing written reportive style Yukioka zenshū