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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<i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction Edward Fowler. lated as " I - novel " ) , an autobiographical form that flourished in Taisho Japan ( 1912-26 ) . The shishosetsu , narrated in the first or third person in ...
<i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction Edward Fowler. lated as " I - novel " ) , an autobiographical form that flourished in Taisho Japan ( 1912-26 ) . The shishosetsu , narrated in the first or third person in ...
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... shishosetsu throughout their careers . The variety of approaches and the uniformly ambivalent attitude displayed by writers toward the shishosetsu make it difficult if not impossible to single out a " representative " author for close ...
... shishosetsu throughout their careers . The variety of approaches and the uniformly ambivalent attitude displayed by writers toward the shishosetsu make it difficult if not impossible to single out a " representative " author for close ...
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... shishosetsu's name liter- ally and read it as fiction ( shosetsu ) ! Or are we to treat it essentially as nonfiction as the majority of Japanese critics do ? Each approach has attractions and could conceivably generate its own readings ...
... shishosetsu's name liter- ally and read it as fiction ( shosetsu ) ! Or are we to treat it essentially as nonfiction as the majority of Japanese critics do ? Each approach has attractions and could conceivably generate its own readings ...
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... shishosetsu as fiction , and it is tempting , in light of this second approach , to conclude that the shishosetsu is more a cultural than a literary phe- nomenon , the product of a particular critical attitude rather than a viable ...
... shishosetsu as fiction , and it is tempting , in light of this second approach , to conclude that the shishosetsu is more a cultural than a literary phe- nomenon , the product of a particular critical attitude rather than a viable ...
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... shishosetsu ( and probably in other kinds of Japanese literary texts as well ) , would appear to be more culture - bound than the specific information presented . What distinguishes the shishosetsu from western fiction is not how ...
... shishosetsu ( and probably in other kinds of Japanese literary texts as well ) , would appear to be more culture - bound than the specific information presented . What distinguishes the shishosetsu from western fiction is not how ...
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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