Uno Chiyo y la novela del yoinnovación a través del género kikigaki
ISSN: 1885-3625
Year of publication: 2024
Issue Title: Escritoras de Asia Oriental
Issue: 27
Pages: 241-267
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista internacional de culturas y literaturas
Abstract
Uno Chiyo (1897-1996) made her debut in the 1920’s, when the genre shishōsetsu or I novel was at its peak. Although many of Uno’s works were considered as I novel, the novels in which the author reproduces what the narrator told her, with which she revived the genre kikigaki, are also very remarkable. She surprised readers and critics with novels in which she adopted male voices and told their experiences as well as their reflections and most intimate feelings, describing them psychologically in depth. In this article, we will analyze Uno Chiyo’s kikigaki novels (Confessions of love or Ohan, among others) from the perspective of the I novel, to highlight the contribution of this author to the genre and to the literature by women writers. Her kikigaki novels were innovative in many aspects. On the one hand, she developed a narrative technique that added authenticity to the story, what she also achieved with the psychological descriptions of the characters. On the other hand, reproducing the words of a male character was a way to defy the taboo that women writers had to restrict themselves to feminine topics.Keywords:Uno Chiyo, I novel, kikigaki, innovation.
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