Rituals of Self-Revelation - Shishosetsu as Literary Genre & Socio-Cultural Phenomenon

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-674-77319-6
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 164, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 757 g

Reihe: Harvard East Asian Monographs

Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit brings a sophisticated 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. Thorough and insightful, this study of the Japanese version of the I-novel provides a means of researching and interpreting the tradition of the genre, linking it to forms of autobiographical fiction as well as to cultural assumptions 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, providing a much-needed bridge between German Japanologists and the rest of the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hijiya-kirschne, Irmela

Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Über Autor(innen)

Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit is Professor of Japanese Literature at Freie Universität Berlin.