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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... shishosetsu ( more formally watakushi shosetsu ; 1 commonly trans- 1. Both terms are readings of the same compound : . The sinified read- ing of the first character , because of its brevity , is more common . Semantic distinc- tions ...
... shishosetsu ( more formally watakushi shosetsu ; 1 commonly trans- 1. Both terms are readings of the same compound : . The sinified read- ing of the first character , because of its brevity , is more common . Semantic distinc- tions ...
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... shishosetsu , narrated in the first or third person in such a way as to ... shishosetsu has been championed by many important writers and occupies a central po ... watakushi shōsetsu , " 145. Terada considers Sōseki's Mi- chikusa and ...
... shishosetsu , narrated in the first or third person in such a way as to ... shishosetsu has been championed by many important writers and occupies a central po ... watakushi shōsetsu , " 145. Terada considers Sōseki's Mi- chikusa and ...
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... Watakushi wa kaigi - ha da ” · I think that truly creative writing involves . discovering something in yourself , not dreaming up some formally sat- isfying story . Yasuoka Shotaro , " Gendai ni okeru watakushi shosetsu " There is an ...
... Watakushi wa kaigi - ha da ” · I think that truly creative writing involves . discovering something in yourself , not dreaming up some formally sat- isfying story . Yasuoka Shotaro , " Gendai ni okeru watakushi shosetsu " There is an ...
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... Shosetsu , a Chinese compound with its own long etymological and cultural history , is the word chosen by the early - Meiji students of western literature to render " novel " into ... watakushi in shishosetsu , 4 The " Transparent " Text.
... Shosetsu , a Chinese compound with its own long etymological and cultural history , is the word chosen by the early - Meiji students of western literature to render " novel " into ... watakushi in shishosetsu , 4 The " Transparent " Text.
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<i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction Edward Fowler. The nature of the shi / watakushi in shishosetsu , however , invites further examination . Watakushi can hardly be translated other than as " I , " but it most ...
<i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction Edward Fowler. The nature of the shi / watakushi in shishosetsu , however , invites further examination . Watakushi can hardly be translated other than as " I , " but it most ...
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