Rhetoric of Confession - shishosetsu in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction

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.

About the author

Edward Fowler teaches in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Irvine.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Fowler, Fowler Edward
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.1992
• EAN: 9780520078833
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07883-3
• No. of pages: 364
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Japan, Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form