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Dissertations |
| Title: |
Hagiwara Hiromichi's "Genji monogatari hyoshaku":
Criticism and commentary on "The Tale of Genji"
(Japan) |
| Author(s): |
Caddeau,
Patrick W. |
| Degree: |
Ph.D. |
| Year: |
1998 |
| Pages: |
00266 |
| Institution: |
Yale
University; 0265 |
| Advisor: |
Director
Edward Kamens |
| Source: |
DAI, 61, no.
07A (1998): p. 2724 |
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ISBN:
0-599-87763-4 |
| Abstract: |
This study
provides a comprehensive examination of the Genji
monogatari hyoushaku (hereafter referred to as the
Hyoushaku) with an emphasis on the "General Remarks"
presented in the first two volumes of the work. Published
between 1854 and 1861 by a distinguished poet and scholar of
literature, Hagiwara Hiromichi (1815-63), the Hyoushaku
is the last major commentary and criticism on The Tale of
Genji (Genji monogatari ; ca. AD 1000) from the
Edo-period (1600–1868). The techniques Hiromichi employs in
his literary analysis are not original to the
Hyoushaku, but in selectively drawing from various
critical traditions he creates a new approach to interpreting
the Genji. In part, he draws upon the interpretive
tradition stemming from Confucian scholarship which attempts
to interpret the Genji in terms of its moral or
didactic qualities. At the same time, he applies an opposing
theory developed by scholars of National Learning
(Kokugaku). In his “General Remarks” Hiromichi compares
these two dominant interpretive theories and demonstrates ways
in which both approaches fail to account for the complexity
and literary sophistication of the Genji. He then
introduces an interpretive approach designed to expose the
compositional elements that comprise the Genji. In
doing this he borrows from a critical tradition associated
with the annotation and interpretation of vernacular fiction
in China. The interpretive system he introduces is designed to
simplify the complex structure of the Genji and make it
possible for the uninitiated reader to readily appreciate the
compositional techniques that define the Genji as a
masterpiece of literature.
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SUBJECT(S) |
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LITERATURE,
ASIAN
LITERATURE,
COMPARATIVE
HISTORY, ASIA, AUSTRALIA
AND OCEANIA |
| Accession No: |
AAI9981386 |
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