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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... 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 requirements of American National Standard ...
... 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 requirements of American National Standard ...
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... Criticism and the Myth of Sincerity 43 PART 2 : THE RISE OF A FORM 4. Harbingers ( I ) : Tōkoku , Doppo , Hōgetsu 73 5. Harbingers ( II ) : Katai , Hōmei 103 6. The Bundan : Readers , Writers , Critics 128 PART 3 : THREE APPROACHES TO ...
... Criticism and the Myth of Sincerity 43 PART 2 : THE RISE OF A FORM 4. Harbingers ( I ) : Tōkoku , Doppo , Hōgetsu 73 5. Harbingers ( II ) : Katai , Hōmei 103 6. The Bundan : Readers , Writers , Critics 128 PART 3 : THREE APPROACHES TO ...
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... criticism when I was a student at the Tokyo Inter - University Center . Kikuta Shigeo opened many doors to me and gave of his own time and mind during two separate research trips to Japan . Many other scholars and critics , including ...
... criticism when I was a student at the Tokyo Inter - University Center . Kikuta Shigeo opened many doors to me and gave of his own time and mind during two separate research trips to Japan . Many other scholars and critics , including ...
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... critics have ridiculed it over the decades as a failed adaptation of the west- ern novel , while traditionalists ... critic Te- rada Toru did not exaggerate a great deal when he declared in 1950 that only three major post - Restoration ...
... critics have ridiculed it over the decades as a failed adaptation of the west- ern novel , while traditionalists ... critic Te- rada Toru did not exaggerate a great deal when he declared in 1950 that only three major post - Restoration ...
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... critics do ? Each approach has attractions and could conceivably generate its own readings ; yet it does not deny ipso facto the possibility of the other . By far the most common approach to the shishosetsu has been the nonfictional one ...
... critics do ? Each approach has attractions and could conceivably generate its own readings ; yet it does not deny ipso facto the possibility of the other . By far the most common approach to the shishosetsu has been the nonfictional one ...
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