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| {{nihongo|'''''Uta monogatari'''''|歌物語||literally "poem-tale"}} is a literary |
{{nihongo|'''''Uta monogatari'''''|歌物語||literally "poem-tale"}} is a literary subgenre of the '']''. It is characterized by an emphasis of '']'' poetry, with prose sections interspersed. While most other ''monogatari'' of the ] and later contain ''waka'', the ''uta monogatari'' feature poetry as the core of successive narrative episodes, with the prose sections sometimes limited to a brief note about the composition of the poetry.<ref name=Keene-451>Keene, Donald. ''A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 1''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. p. 451. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.</ref> | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| One of the most influential and early examples of ''uta monogatari'' is the '']''. An anonymous work sometimes attributed to ], it is a series of 125 largely unconnected prose narratives about "a man", many of said narratives beginning with the short sentence ''Mukashi otoko arikeri'' (Long ago, there was a man). These narratives are largely centered around poetry composed by the "man", usually identified as a fictionalized version of Narihira.<ref>Keene, Donald. ''A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 1''. |
One of the most influential and early examples of ''uta monogatari'' is the '']''. An anonymous work sometimes attributed to ], it is a series of 125 largely unconnected prose narratives about "a man", many of said narratives beginning with the short sentence ''Mukashi otoko arikeri'' ("Long ago, there was a man"). These narratives are largely centered around poetry composed by the "man", usually identified as a fictionalized version of Narihira.<ref>Keene, Donald. ''A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 1''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. pp. 452–457. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.</ref> | ||
| The name ''uta monogatari'' was first applied to the |
The name ''uta monogatari'' was first applied to the subgenre during the ].<ref name=Keene-451/> | ||
| ==Notable examples== | ==Notable examples== | ||
| *] | * '']'' | ||
| *] | * '']'' | ||
| *] | * '']'' | ||
| *] | * '']'' | ||
| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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Uta monogatari (歌物語, literally "poem-tale") is a literary subgenre of the monogatari. It is characterized by an emphasis of waka poetry, with prose sections interspersed. While most other monogatari of the Heian period and later contain waka, the uta monogatari feature poetry as the core of successive narrative episodes, with the prose sections sometimes limited to a brief note about the composition of the poetry.
History
One of the most influential and early examples of uta monogatari is the Tales of Ise. An anonymous work sometimes attributed to Ariwara no Narihira, it is a series of 125 largely unconnected prose narratives about "a man", many of said narratives beginning with the short sentence Mukashi otoko arikeri ("Long ago, there was a man"). These narratives are largely centered around poetry composed by the "man", usually identified as a fictionalized version of Narihira.
The name uta monogatari was first applied to the subgenre during the Meiji period.
Notable examples
Notes
- ^ Keene, Donald. A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 1. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. p. 451. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
- Keene, Donald. A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 1. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. pp. 452–457. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.