{"product_id":"objects-of-discourse","title":"Objects Of Discourse: Memoirs By Women Of Heian Japan","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eObjects of Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the four main 10th- and 11th-century Heian memoirs by women for their individual characteristics and what they suggest of Heian literature more broadly. John R. Wallace treats the Heian women memoirists not as passive objects of men’s romantic play but rather as individuals who strategically confront their difficult life situations in part by writing about their experiences. Wallace further finds in the memoirs a rich resource for understanding rhetorical and structural features of Japan’s high classical period literary prose.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAfter taking up historical issues such as the newly developed vernacular script, pre-texts of the memoirs, and the social context of the writers, Wallace examines \u003ci\u003eGossamer Years\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLady Izumi’s Story\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Lady Murasaki’s Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sarashina Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e for their stylistic aspects, rhetorical devices, Foucault’s “networks of power,” and narrative structure, respectively. The result is a fascinating study of Heian women writers.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46427037499602,"sku":"9781929280346","price":84.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_b80c4fce-a425-4e38-bb6a-1c134aca5ffa.jpg?v=1763135745","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/objects-of-discourse","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}