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 xix
... tradition of autobiographical fiction in the west would seem to indicate otherwise . There is sufficient evidence in the shishosetsu them- selves , moreover , to make us skeptical about their presumed non- fictionality . It is quite ...
... tradition of autobiographical fiction in the west would seem to indicate otherwise . There is sufficient evidence in the shishosetsu them- selves , moreover , to make us skeptical about their presumed non- fictionality . It is quite ...
Page xx
... traditional fiction in the west , is informed by what might be de- scribed as a secular teleology whereby personal disclosures are made with a specific formal as well as moral end in mind . Confes- sion in the interest of atonement or ...
... traditional fiction in the west , is informed by what might be de- scribed as a secular teleology whereby personal disclosures are made with a specific formal as well as moral end in mind . Confes- sion in the interest of atonement or ...
Page xxi
... tradition , of which 5. The discussion here is indebted to the work of Edward W. Said . See , for ex- ample , his ... traditional unconcern for unbroken linear repre- sentation or for such hallowed western values as " creativity " and ...
... tradition , of which 5. The discussion here is indebted to the work of Edward W. Said . See , for ex- ample , his ... traditional unconcern for unbroken linear repre- sentation or for such hallowed western values as " creativity " and ...
Page xxii
... traditional Japanese aes- thetic . The urge to use western literary terminology at all in Japan when it would appear to be inappropriate stems of course from the great prestige that western culture as a whole has enjoyed since the ...
... traditional Japanese aes- thetic . The urge to use western literary terminology at all in Japan when it would appear to be inappropriate stems of course from the great prestige that western culture as a whole has enjoyed since the ...
Page xxiii
... tradition has generally assimilated Aristotle's positive view of representation as " imitation " ( mimesis ) , we should recall Plato's negative view of it as “ illusion , ” for the latter reminds us of the artifices employed by poets ...
... tradition has generally assimilated Aristotle's positive view of representation as " imitation " ( mimesis ) , we should recall Plato's negative view of it as “ illusion , ” for the latter reminds us of the artifices employed by poets ...
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