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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... realities had on the writing of autobiographical fiction early in this century . Part 3 discusses three writers considered cen- tral to the shishosetsu enterprise . My concern is less with autobiog- raphy than with textual signification ...
... realities had on the writing of autobiographical fiction early in this century . Part 3 discusses three writers considered cen- tral to the shishosetsu enterprise . My concern is less with autobiog- raphy than with textual signification ...
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... reality " and of the conventions and assump- tions that underlie any successful representation . See The Republic , esp . part 10 , in which Plato presents the example of the bed , one made by God , one by the carpen- ter , and one by a ...
... reality " and of the conventions and assump- tions that underlie any successful representation . See The Republic , esp . part 10 , in which Plato presents the example of the bed , one made by God , one by the carpen- ter , and one by a ...
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... 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 parties in the bundan triad sensed the conventionality of rep- resentation ...
... 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 parties in the bundan triad sensed the conventionality of rep- resentation ...
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... REALITY , MEDIATION , AND THE FICTIONAL CONTRACT Creating a viably intimate narrative relationship is , however , fraught with contradictions and forces each writer to come to terms with the nature of writing . Insofar as the ...
... REALITY , MEDIATION , AND THE FICTIONAL CONTRACT Creating a viably intimate narrative relationship is , however , fraught with contradictions and forces each writer to come to terms with the nature of writing . Insofar as the ...
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... reality rather than a plausible , equally valid version of it . A story written in 1920 by Uno Koji ( 1891-1961 ) , which relates one man's affair with a country geisha , plays on this notion . The narrator- hero interrupts his account ...
... reality rather than a plausible , equally valid version of it . A story written in 1920 by Uno Koji ( 1891-1961 ) , which relates one man's affair with a country geisha , plays on this notion . The narrator- hero interrupts his account ...
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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