The chapter focuses on five major diaries written in the Heian period (794-1185) and the Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, a zuihitsu (random jottings) which also includes memories of author's experience. The study explores the origins and the development of autobiographical texts written in Japan by women which shares some "modern seeming" features such as acuity in psychological description unparalleled at such an early date.

La diaristica e lo zuihitsu

Carolina Negri
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Abstract

The chapter focuses on five major diaries written in the Heian period (794-1185) and the Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, a zuihitsu (random jottings) which also includes memories of author's experience. The study explores the origins and the development of autobiographical texts written in Japan by women which shares some "modern seeming" features such as acuity in psychological description unparalleled at such an early date.
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