私し小しょう説せつ

noun

I-novel; first-person novel

A genre of Japanese autobiographical fiction in which the author's personal experiences and emotions are narrated in the first person, often with a confessional tone.

• 田た山やま花か袋たいの『蒲ふ団とん』は日本にほんにおける私し小しょう説せつの先さき駆がけとされる。

  Tayama Katai's 'Futon' is considered a pioneer of the I-novel in Japan.

• 私し小しょう説せつでは、作さく者しゃ自じ身しんの体たい験けんがそのまま描えがかれることが多おおい。

  In I-novels, the author's own experiences are often depicted directly.