I-novel

English Noun ~ A type of autofictional Japanese literary genre; a novel written in that genre. en 1983 Irena Powell Writers and Society in Modern Japan Springer 9781349050284 55 https://books.google.com/books?id=2jCxCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55&dq=%22I-novels%22&hl=&cd=17&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22I-novels%22&f=false Dazai's novels are largely fiction written in the I-novel spirit. What this means is that although the events described in the novels did not necessarily take place in Dazai's life, the novels as a whole essentially reflect the reality of his life and his feelings at the time, and as such they were accepted by critics and readers alike as confessional I-novels. Translations Japanese: ja 私小説 Further reading en Literary genres