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    私小説

    私し小しょう説せつ

    I-novel

    KMT9News #32+1NounLiteratureKanji Vocab24 strokes

    ししょうせつわたくししょうせつ

    Noun

    1.
    I-novel, novel narrated in the first person

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    私し小しょう説せつは日に本ほんの文ぶん学がくのジャンルです。

    The I-novel is a genre of Japanese literature.

    KMT7LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの経けい験けんをもとに私し小しょう説せつを書かいた。

    He wrote an I-novel based on his own experiences.

    KMT9Literature
    私し小しょう説せつは、作さく者しゃの個こ人じん的てきな体たい験けんや内ない面めんを赤せ裸きら々らに描えがく特とく徴ちょうがある。

    The I-novel is characterized by its candid depiction of the author's personal experiences and inner world.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほんの近きん代だい文ぶん学がくにおいて、私し小しょう説せつは重じゅう要ような位ち置をを占 めています。

    The I-novel holds an important position in modern Japanese literature.

    KMT9LiteratureHistory
    私し小しょう説せつの多おおくは、主しゅ人じん公こうと作さく者しゃが同どう一いつ視しされる傾けい向こうがある。

    In many I-novels, the protagonist and the author tend to be identified as the same person.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    私
    わたくし・わたし…(1)
    private・I・me
    小
    ちい.さい・こ-・お-・さ-…(6)
    little・small
    説
    と.く…(4)
    opinion・theory・explanation・rumor
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