The rhetoric of confession : shishosetsu in early twentieth-century Japanese fiction / Edward Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Edward, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiographical fiction, Japanese--History and criticism.

Autobiographical fiction, Japanese.

Japanese fiction--Taishō period, 1912-1926--History and criticism.

Japanese fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 333 p. )

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 1992.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction: presentation and representation in the Shishōsetsu

1. Fictions and fabrications

2. Language and the illusion of presence

3. Shishōsetsu criticism and the myth of sincerity

4. Harbingers (I): Tōkoku, Doppo, Hōgetsu

5. Harbingers (II): Katai, Hōmei

6. The Bundan: readers, writers, critics

7. Chikamatsu Shūkō: the hero as fool

8. Shiga Naoya: the hero as sage

9. Kasai Zenzō: the hero as victim

Epilogue: The shishōsetsu today

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 299-313.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520912762

0520912764

9780585130477

0585130477

OCLC:

1163877928