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 vii
... Chikamatsu Shûkô : The Hero as Fool 149 8. Shiga Naoya : The Hero as Sage 187 9. Kasai Zenzô : The Hero as Victim 248 Epilogue : The Shishôsetsu Today Bibliography 290 299 Index 315 Preface Early in the summer of 1985 , I sat.
... Chikamatsu Shûkô : The Hero as Fool 149 8. Shiga Naoya : The Hero as Sage 187 9. Kasai Zenzô : The Hero as Victim 248 Epilogue : The Shishôsetsu Today Bibliography 290 299 Index 315 Preface Early in the summer of 1985 , I sat.
Page xiv
... Chikamatsu Shûkô kenkyû [ A study of Chikamatsu Shûkô ] . Tokyo : Gakushû Kenkyûsha , 1980 . Hirano Ken , ed . Chikamatsu Shûkô shû [ Chikamatsu Shûkô : an anthology ] . Vol . 14 of Nihon bungaku zenshû [ Japanese literature : an ...
... Chikamatsu Shûkô kenkyû [ A study of Chikamatsu Shûkô ] . Tokyo : Gakushû Kenkyûsha , 1980 . Hirano Ken , ed . Chikamatsu Shûkô shû [ Chikamatsu Shûkô : an anthology ] . Vol . 14 of Nihon bungaku zenshû [ Japanese literature : an ...
Page xvii
... Chikamatsu Shuko ( 1876– 1944 ) , Shiga Naoya ( 1883-1971 ) , and Kasai Zenzo ( 1887-1928 ) . Shiga is a celebrated writer , while Shuko and Kasai3 are relative unknowns here and in Japan . The latter two writers have been se- lected ...
... Chikamatsu Shuko ( 1876– 1944 ) , Shiga Naoya ( 1883-1971 ) , and Kasai Zenzo ( 1887-1928 ) . Shiga is a celebrated writer , while Shuko and Kasai3 are relative unknowns here and in Japan . The latter two writers have been se- lected ...
Page xix
... Chikamatsu Shuko , Shiga Naoya , and Kasai Zenzo are based on the authors ' lives ; yet to use the texts , as Japanese critics often do , to " document " the extraliterary lives and see the latter as the " true " object of criticism is ...
... Chikamatsu Shuko , Shiga Naoya , and Kasai Zenzo are based on the authors ' lives ; yet to use the texts , as Japanese critics often do , to " document " the extraliterary lives and see the latter as the " true " object of criticism is ...
Page xx
... Chikamatsu Shûkô or Shiga Naoya or Kasai Zenzô and still wonder what the author is getting at in his writings . The shishôsetsu is often formally unsatisfying , then , because it does not follow the narra- tive conventions that have ...
... Chikamatsu Shûkô or Shiga Naoya or Kasai Zenzô and still wonder what the author is getting at in his writings . The shishôsetsu is often formally unsatisfying , then , because it does not follow the narra- tive conventions that have ...
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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