On The "confession" Of "quilt"

Futon(Quilt,1907)is a self-confession of the author.In this book,Katai Tayama confesses his repressed desire for female student.The writing technique of self-confession in this work originates from the literary idea of "makoto" in Japanese traditional literature.The concept of " makoto " attaches importance to expressing the true feelings of one's heart.After the Meiji Restoration,Christianity is widely spread in Japan.Especially the confession system of Christianity,which imported Christian ideas such as "Confession","Sin" and "Salvation" to Japanese writers,aroused their consciousness of self-confession.Besides,the influence of the naturalistic principle of " Truth " advocated by French writer Zola is also an important factor of self-confession in Futon(Quilt,1907).However,Zola's naturalism advocates external realism,Katai Tayama develops it into internal realism,that is self-confession,describing the truth of one's heart.Futon(Quilt,1907)takes a third-person perspective,it mainly shows tokio takenaka's confession by describing his inner activity and external behavior.And,it mainly shows yoshiko yokoyama's confession in the form of direct quotation of her letters.Although Futon(Quilt,1907)follows the naturalistic principle of "Truth",after the investigation of the author's writing background,writing motivation,and Katai Tayama and mitiyo okada's real life,it's found that there is also the possibility of fiction.The characteristics of Self-confession in Futon(Quilt,1907)is of special significance in the history of Japanese literature.It not only determines the development direction of Japanese naturalism,but also is recognized as the beginning of Japanese " Private Novels".Nowadays,even though " Private Novels" is declining day by day,the writing technique of self-confession has not completely disappeared,but remaining in many works in different forms.