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. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988. 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 |
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... original audience and has some claim to universality , we must also ask what is involved in the process of reading . Is our grasp of an unfamiliar literature made possible by the coincidental overlapping of our own and the origi- nating ...
... original audience and has some claim to universality , we must also ask what is involved in the process of reading . Is our grasp of an unfamiliar literature made possible by the coincidental overlapping of our own and the origi- nating ...
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... original audience , should con- tinually be aware . If we develop our discussion on the basis of clearly identifiable properties that western fiction can be said to " have , " we must avoid talking about a literature outside that tradi ...
... original audience , should con- tinually be aware . If we develop our discussion on the basis of clearly identifiable properties that western fiction can be said to " have , " we must avoid talking about a literature outside that tradi ...
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... original audience , we need not deny the validity of our own special perspective . What , then , is our task as readers of shishosetsu ? It would seem to be threefold . First , since the form's roots tap deeply into the indige- nous ...
... original audience , we need not deny the validity of our own special perspective . What , then , is our task as readers of shishosetsu ? It would seem to be threefold . First , since the form's roots tap deeply into the indige- nous ...
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... original meaning of watakushi , to be sure , is " private " or " personal " as opposed to " public " or " communal " ( whence such words , still in use , as watakushigoto [ " private matter " ] and watakushigokoro [ " private emotions ...
... original meaning of watakushi , to be sure , is " private " or " personal " as opposed to " public " or " communal " ( whence such words , still in use , as watakushigoto [ " private matter " ] and watakushigokoro [ " private emotions ...
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... context , can signify the first , second , or third person . 5. " The Death of the Author , " in Image , Music , Text , 142. ( Emphasis in original . ) And yet , we find , the shishosetsu is weaned 6 The " Transparent " Text.
... context , can signify the first , second , or third person . 5. " The Death of the Author , " in Image , Music , Text , 142. ( Emphasis in original . ) And yet , we find , the shishosetsu is weaned 6 The " Transparent " Text.
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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