説せつ話わ文ぶん学がく

noun

legendary literature; narrative literature

Academic term for a genre of Japanese literature consisting of collections of short tales, anecdotes, and legends, often with Buddhist or moral themes. Key works include 今昔物語集 and 宇治拾遺物語.

• 説せつ話わ文ぶん学がくの代だい表ひょう作さくとして『今こん昔じゃく物もの語がたり集しゅう』がよく挙あげられる。

  The Konjaku Monogatarishū is often cited as a representative work of legendary literature.

• 大だい学がくで説せつ話わ文ぶん学がくの講こう義ぎを取とっている。

  I'm taking a course on narrative literature at university.