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The narrator in "Kofu" (The Miner) by Soseki Natsume maintains that the "unity" and "coherence" of "personality" portrayed in "novels" does not exist in reality; moreover, since there is no plot to ev...ents in real life, it is impossible to describe them in the form of a novel. He questions the "unity" and "coherence" or "logical form" of languages, questioning personal identity and causality of plot. As a result, he comes to think that novels should depict "self" and "events" as they are, even though both are incoherent and full of contradictions. However, since narration itself is a linguistic activity, a certain "unity" and "coherence" or "logical form" is inevitable in narrating the incoherence and contradictions. This essay considers whether "Kofu" is itself free from such a contradiction or not.show more
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