Bijutsu no hongi (1885) und Shōsetsu sōron (1886) von Futabatei Shimei ‒ Die Emanzipation der japanischen Erzählprosa zu einer Kunstform

Abstract

This paper analyses Bijutsu no hongi (1885) and Shōsetsu sōron (1886) by Futabatei Shimei (1864–1909) in respect of their roots in the theories of art and literature by Vissarion Belinskij (1811–1848) and in Georg F. Hegel's (1770–1831) philosophy of idealism as well as with regard to their correlation and their role in the emancipation of narrative prose as a form of art in the early phase of modern Japanese literary history.