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
... 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 blurted out , almost apologetically : " Shosetsu and shishô- setsu — they are both ...
... 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 blurted out , almost apologetically : " Shosetsu and shishô- setsu — they are both ...
Page xix
... setsu with nonfictionality , as do most Japanese critics ? The tradition of autobiographical fiction in the west would seem to indicate otherwise . There is sufficient evidence in the shishosetsu them- selves , moreover , to make us ...
... setsu with nonfictionality , as do most Japanese critics ? The tradition of autobiographical fiction in the west would seem to indicate otherwise . There is sufficient evidence in the shishosetsu them- selves , moreover , to make us ...
Page xx
... setsu and in much of Japanese fiction . It should come as no sur- prise , then , that Japanese critics are generally uncomfortable call- ing the shishosetsu fiction at all . Fiction , as in other western modes of discourse , from ...
... setsu and in much of Japanese fiction . It should come as no sur- prise , then , that Japanese critics are generally uncomfortable call- ing the shishosetsu fiction at all . Fiction , as in other western modes of discourse , from ...
Page xxvi
... setsu . The " lyrical novel , " for example , provides fruitful ground for comparison . In both , discourse prevails over story : the protagon- ist's actions , depicted linearly against the background of a clearly delineated " milieu ...
... setsu . The " lyrical novel , " for example , provides fruitful ground for comparison . In both , discourse prevails over story : the protagon- ist's actions , depicted linearly against the background of a clearly delineated " milieu ...
Page xxvii
... setsu , the lyrical novel " transcends the causal and temporal move- ment of narrative within the framework of ... setsu is referred to throughout this book as a form rather than as a genre or subgenre , in order first that it retain its ...
... setsu , the lyrical novel " transcends the causal and temporal move- ment of narrative within the framework of ... setsu is referred to throughout this book as a form rather than as a genre or subgenre , in order first that it retain its ...
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 kôro argues artistic audience autobiographical bungaku career chapter character Chikamatsu Shûkô confession consciousness critics culture cycle Doppo emotional essay example fact father feelings first-person narration Futon Giwaku hero's Hôgetsu Hômei Ibid Itô Japan Japanese literature junbungaku kare Kasai hero Kasai Zenzô kenkyû Kensaku Kindai Kobayashi Kobayashi Hideo Kume Masao Kunikida Doppo language later literary lived experience magazine Masamune Hakuchô Meiji modern Japanese mono Nakamura Mitsuo narrator-hero narrator's Natsume Sôseki naturalist nature never Nihon novel Osei Osuma Ôtsu reader reality relationship sense setsu Shiga Naoya Shimazaki Tôson shinkyô shinkyô shôsetsu Shirakaba shishô shishôsetsu writer shô shôsetsu ron shû Shûjaku sincerity social society Sôseki's story story's Taishô Taishô period Tanizaki Tayama Katai third-person thought tion Tôkoku Tokyo Tôson tradition truth Wakai Wakareta tsuma watakushi shôsetsu western western fiction writing written reportive style Yukioka zenshû