On The Concept Of "Self" In Shimazaki Toson's Private Novels

Shimazaki Toson, an important author of the Meiji period, has written a lot of famous works, which include some private novels . Self is a very important factor in the private novel. The establishment of the self is one of the standards to weigh the traditional literature of Japan changes to modern literature of Japan. Research on the self in Shimazaki Toson's private novels, and make use of it to discuss Japanese literature transformation to modern times ,that has typical meaning. selfThe private novel is full of meanings. Self is very important to the private novel. The private novels written by Toson have certain continuity. The self in Toson's private novels can be analyzed from the angle of subject matter and expression skill. Seen from the subject matter, self can be divided into the self in marriage relationship and in clan relationship, however, the entire focusing visual to show self and the depiction of psychology to show it are included in the expression skill. The self in Toson's private novels has the contradict , compromise, closed and expose characteristics, which result from a lot of factors. The self in Toson's works has some values, which offered materials to research on the writers, promoted Japanese literature transformation to modern times and influenced the Chinese literature .From the view of the private novel, we can find the characteristics of the self and its reasons generally, as well as some new values of the self in Toson's works, that we can have a clearer and more systemic cognition about the self.