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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... Taishō period , 1912-1926— History and criticism . I. Title . PL747.63.A85F6 1988 895.6'34'09 ISBN 0-520-07883-7 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 87-13879 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum ...
... Taishō period , 1912-1926— History and criticism . I. Title . PL747.63.A85F6 1988 895.6'34'09 ISBN 0-520-07883-7 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 87-13879 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum ...
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... Taisho - period research . I benefited enormously from support provided by the staffs of the following libraries and archives : the Nihon Kindai Bungaku- kan , the Kokubungaku Kenkyu Shiryokan , the Meiji Bunko , the Toritsu Chuo ...
... Taisho - period research . I benefited enormously from support provided by the staffs of the following libraries and archives : the Nihon Kindai Bungaku- kan , the Kokubungaku Kenkyu Shiryokan , the Meiji Bunko , the Toritsu Chuo ...
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... 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 with paradoxes . Suppos- edly a fictional narrative ...
... 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 with paradoxes . Suppos- edly a fictional narrative ...
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... for any single text . Out of this relationship emerged the institution of the bundan , which means , simply , literary circle ( s ) but which in the Taisho pe- riod referred specifically to that close alliance of writers , Introduction XXV.
... for any single text . Out of this relationship emerged the institution of the bundan , which means , simply , literary circle ( s ) but which in the Taisho pe- riod referred specifically to that close alliance of writers , Introduction XXV.
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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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