Caddeau Appraising Genji

Literary Criticism and Cultural Anxiety in the Age of the Last Samurai
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8211-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 227 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Murasaki Shikibu’s eleventh-century Tale of Genji is the most revered work of fiction in Japan. This book explores Genji’s reception over the years and its place in Japanese culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caddeau, Patrick W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHRONOLOGY AND CONVENTIONS IN THIS BOOK
INTRODUCTION 1. Heian Fantasies: Nationalism and Nostalgia in the Reading of Genji The Edo Period and the Rise of Nativism 2. Hagiwara Hiromichi: Masterless Samurai and Iconoclastic Scholar Profound Loss in an Age of Enlightenment
From Poetry to Poetics
Osaka: Encounters with Heterodox Learning
Takizawa Bakin and the Edo “Novel”
Marketing a New Way to Read Genji 3. From Moral Contention to Literary Persuasion The Design of the Monogatari and Norinaga’s Mono no Aware Theory
The Main Point of the Monogatari
Commentaries on Genji
Transcending the Limitations of Traditional Structure and Format
Guiding the Reader
Conclusion 4. Exposing the Secrets of the Author’s Brush Historical Sources for the “Principles of Composition”
“Principles of Composition” and Literary Style
Conclusion 5. Ambiguity and the Responsive Reader “Principles of Composition” and the Structure of Genji as a Whole
Gaps in the Narrative and Hiromichi’s Theory of Ambiguity
Techniques and Terminology
“Principles of Composition” Unique to the Hyo¯shaku in Genji Commentary
“Major and Minor” or “Principal and Auxiliary” Characters
“Lead and Secondary” Characters
“Corresponding” or “Contrasting” Characters
“Opposing” Characters or “Character Foils”
“Retroactive Parallel” and “Retroactive Correspondence”
“Narrative Interlude”
“Foreshadowing”
“Comparative Description”
“Control of Narrative Pace”
“Reversal”
“Ellipsis”
“Allegory”
“Context”
Terms from Previous Genji Commentaries
“Close Correspondence”
“Textual Parallelism or Intertextuality”
“Planning” or “Discretion”
“Authorial Intrusion”
“Aesthetic After-effect” and “Aesthetic Satisfaction”
Conclusion 6. Translating Genji into the Modern Idiom Tree Spirits and Apparitions
The Disappearance of Ukifune
The Problem of Edo
Cultural Anxiety and the First Translation of Genji into English
Genji and the Essence of the Modern Novel
Conclusion NOTES APPENDIX I
Character Glossary of Premodern Names, Titles, and Terms in Chinese and Japanese APPENDIX II
List of Major Commentaries on Genji BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick W. Caddeau teaches Japanese film and literature at Columbia University and is Director of Studies at Forbes College at Princeton University.