The Rhetoric of Confession
Shishosetsu in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2023
364 pages
978-0-520-91276-2 (ISBN)
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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
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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The Rhetoric of Confession
<i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction
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Edward Fowler teaches in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Irvine.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: presentation and representation in the Shishosetsu
- Part 1. The "transparent" text
- 1. Fictions and fabrications
- 2. Language and the illusion of presence
- 3. Shishosetsu criticism and the myth of sincerity
- Part 2. The rise of a form
- 4. Harbingers (I): Tokoku, Doppo, Hogetsu
- 5. Harbingers (II): Katai, Homei
- 6. The Bundan: readers, writers, critics
- Part 3. Three approaches to experience
- 7. Chikamatsu Shuko: the hero as fool
- 8. Shiga Naoya: the hero as sage
- 9. Kasai Zenzo: the hero as victim
- Epilogue: The shishosetsu today
- Bibliography
- Index
