Rituals of self-revelation : shishosetsu as literary genre and socio-cultural phenomenon / Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- Bib ID:
- 2882274
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela
- Uniform Title:
- Selbstentblossungsrituale. English
- Description:
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University : distributed by Harvard University Press, 1996
- xxiv, 373 pages ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0674773195
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 164.
- Summary:
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Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit brings her sophisticated literary methods and graceful method of analysis to this English translation of her book on the shishosetsu, one of the most important yet misunderstood genres in Japanese literature. This thorough and insightful study of the Japanese version of the I-novel provides a means of researching and interpreting the whole tradition of this genre, linking it to the forms of autobiographical fiction as well as to the cultural assumptions and ways of thinking of the classical period of Japanese history. Hijiya-Kirschnereit provides a model of systematic inquiry into literary traditions that will stimulate American and English japanologists used to different methods, providing a much-needed bridge between German japanologists and the rest of the field.
- Partial contents:
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- 1. Historical and Cultural Context
- 2. Shizenshugi - Japanese Naturalism
- 3. Tayama Katai - A Japanese Naturalist
- 4. "Futon"
- 5. The "Theoretical" Reception of "Futon" - Reviews and Essays
- 6. The "Practical" Reception of "Futon" - Imitations and Parodies
- 7. General Observations on the State of Research
- 8. The "Classics" of Shishosetsu Research
- 9. A Survey of Shishosetsu Research
- 10. History of the Term
- 11. The Literary Debate Surrounding Shishosetsu
- 12. Conventional Definitions of Shishosetsu
- 13. Genre Theory in Japan
- 14. Shishosetsu - An Attempt to Define the Genre
- 15. Literary Evolution - An Outline
- 16. Shishosetsu - Examples and Analyses
- 17. Introductory Remarks
- 18. Shishosetsu's Communicative Function
- 19. Aspects of Traditionalism
- 20. The Cultural Code
- 21. Shishosetsu - A Critical Assessment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-355) and indexes.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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