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 xvi
... " 145. Terada considers Sōseki's Mi- chikusa and Kyōka's Kunisada egaku to be examples of autobiographical fiction but not of true shishōsetsu . Akutagawa Ryunosuke , belittled the form only to use it xvi Introduction.
... " 145. Terada considers Sōseki's Mi- chikusa and Kyōka's Kunisada egaku to be examples of autobiographical fiction but not of true shishōsetsu . Akutagawa Ryunosuke , belittled the form only to use it xvi Introduction.
Page xvii
... examples . Their minor reputations should not , however , obscure the shishosetsu's importance in modern Japanese letters . How we interpret the shishosetsu will depend a great deal on how we interpret Japanese literature and indeed all ...
... examples . Their minor reputations should not , however , obscure the shishosetsu's importance in modern Japanese letters . How we interpret the shishosetsu will depend a great deal on how we interpret Japanese literature and indeed all ...
Page xix
... example , by writing in a series of stories about the same event in " real life " many times over , reveals a strategy of variant " readings " that has the effect of calling into question the validity of any single reading of his life ...
... example , by writing in a series of stories about the same event in " real life " many times over , reveals a strategy of variant " readings " that has the effect of calling into question the validity of any single reading of his life ...
Page xxii
... example of this perspective can be found in Nakamura Mitsuo's Fuzoku shosetsu ron , esp . chap . 1. See also Takeyama Michio , " Honkaku shosetsu no umarenu wake , " for a succinct application of traditional western novelistic conven ...
... example of this perspective can be found in Nakamura Mitsuo's Fuzoku shosetsu ron , esp . chap . 1. See also Takeyama Michio , " Honkaku shosetsu no umarenu wake , " for a succinct application of traditional western novelistic conven ...
Page xxiii
... example of literary influences gone awry . Even while pursuing many of the thematic concerns found in European literature , few Japanese writers strayed from the tradi- tional narrative system , which had a very different orientation ...
... example of literary influences gone awry . Even while pursuing many of the thematic concerns found in European literature , few Japanese writers strayed from the tradi- tional narrative system , which had a very different orientation ...
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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