noun
first-person novel
A novel narrated from the first-person perspective (e.g., using 私 or 僕). Common in modern Japanese literature.
彼のデビュー作は一人称小説で、主人公の心情が細かく描かれている。
His debut work is a first-person novel, and the protagonist's emotions are depicted in detail.
A third-person novel, where the narrator is outside the story. Contrasts with 一人称小説.
Compound of 一人称 (first person) and 小説 (novel). The term is a straightforward calque from Western literary terminology.