JPNS 327 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Rakugo, Laurence Sterne, Shizoku
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Natsume soseki (1867-1916) ehime 1895 and kumamoto 1898. English literature major at the university of tokyo (1890-93) Failed in the job exam of the japan times and became a high school english teacher in. Sent to london on government scholarship in 1900-1903. First novel is i am a cat 1905. Many sketches adopted from his real life. Cats house of the novel was in tokyo hongo-sendagi, which is now preserved in. What does the phrase i am a cat signify. Who used the term wagahai in the japanese title during the meiji period. Donkey in laurence sterne the life and opinions of tristram shandy, gentlemen (1759)- england. Introduced this work to japan in 1897 in his scholarly paper. The work described domestic affairs in the i novel style. The work is rhythmically written with humor, satire and jokes. Cat appear as a topic of rakgo often. Soseki adopted the rhythmic delivery of rakugo storytelling in his writing.
