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 ix
... novel " —also differs fundamentally from western narrative . Indeed , to translate shosetsu or shishosetsu as " novel " or " I - novel " at all is to assume , wrongly , I believe , some easy interchangeability of narrative method ...
... novel " —also differs fundamentally from western narrative . Indeed , to translate shosetsu or shishosetsu as " novel " or " I - novel " at all is to assume , wrongly , I believe , some easy interchangeability of narrative method ...
Page x
... novel , then , this book focuses on the distinctions and suggests why they are not always apparent in translation . Given the obvious limitations presented by an English - language study , we will look as closely as possible throughout ...
... novel , then , this book focuses on the distinctions and suggests why they are not always apparent in translation . Given the obvious limitations presented by an English - language study , we will look as closely as possible throughout ...
Page xi
... novel reigning confidently over his fictional realm , or the first - person narrator of a twentieth- century novel presiding self - consciously over his metafictional realm , narrative in the west has retained its profound faith in the ...
... novel reigning confidently over his fictional realm , or the first - person narrator of a twentieth- century novel presiding self - consciously over his metafictional realm , narrative in the west has retained its profound faith in the ...
Page xv
... Semantic distinc- tions that have occasionally been made between the two readings seem unsatisfac- tory and will be ignored here . XV lated as " I - novel " ) , an Introduction: Presentation and Representation in the Shishosetsu.
... Semantic distinc- tions that have occasionally been made between the two readings seem unsatisfac- tory and will be ignored here . XV lated as " I - novel " ) , an Introduction: Presentation and Representation in the Shishosetsu.
Page xvi
... novel " ) , an autobiographical form that flourished in Taisho Japan ( 1912-26 ) . The shishosetsu , narrated in the first or third person in such a way as to represent with utter conviction the author's personal experience , is riddled ...
... novel " ) , an autobiographical form that flourished in Taisho Japan ( 1912-26 ) . The shishosetsu , narrated in the first or third person in such a way as to represent with utter conviction the author's personal experience , is riddled ...
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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