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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... literature ] . 99 vols . Tokyo : Chikuma Shobō , 1965–80 . Nihon Kindai Bungakukan , ed . Nihon kindai bungaku daiji- ten [ Encyclopedia of modern Japanese literature ] . 6 vols . Tokyo : Kōdansha , 1977–78 . Itō Sei et al . , eds ...
... literature ] . 99 vols . Tokyo : Chikuma Shobō , 1965–80 . Nihon Kindai Bungakukan , ed . Nihon kindai bungaku daiji- ten [ Encyclopedia of modern Japanese literature ] . 6 vols . Tokyo : Kōdansha , 1977–78 . Itō Sei et al . , eds ...
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... literature ) rather than simply a distortion of literary naturalism imported from the west . To the extent that the shishosetsu is in fact traditional and by that measure unique , we must understand how Japanese literature as a whole ...
... literature ) rather than simply a distortion of literary naturalism imported from the west . To the extent that the shishosetsu is in fact traditional and by that measure unique , we must understand how Japanese literature as a whole ...
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... literature outside that tradi- tion in terms of what it " lacks " and thereby give it a negative cast . At the same time , we must take care that the necessary explication of unfamiliar terms and concepts does not divert attention from ...
... literature outside that tradi- tion in terms of what it " lacks " and thereby give it a negative cast . At the same time , we must take care that the necessary explication of unfamiliar terms and concepts does not divert attention from ...
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... literature , however , has traditionally been more concerned with state than with pro- cess , and narrative in the sense defined here has therefore played a limited role . The western author has regarded his hero as an au- tonomous ...
... literature , however , has traditionally been more concerned with state than with pro- cess , and narrative in the sense defined here has therefore played a limited role . The western author has regarded his hero as an au- tonomous ...
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... literature as well , ever conscious of the standard it provided native writers . Japanese critics soon took to applying the taxonomy of En- glish , French , German , and Russian criticism in particular to in- digenous literary forms ...
... literature as well , ever conscious of the standard it provided native writers . Japanese critics soon took to applying the taxonomy of En- glish , French , German , and Russian criticism in particular to in- digenous literary forms ...
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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