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I-novels

I-novels is the plural of I-novel.

Meaning of I-novel

Noun

I-novel (countable and uncountable, plural I-novels)

  1. A type of autofictional Japanese literary genre; a novel written in that genre.
    • 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...1983, Irena Powell, Writers and Society in Modern Japan, Springer, →ISBN, page 55

Questions about I-novels

What is I-novels the plural of?
I-novels is the plural of I-novel.

Words near I-novels in the dictionary

  1. i-mutation
  2. I-ness
  3. I-nesses
  4. I-ning
  5. I-novel
  6. I-novels
  7. I-pin
  8. I-pop
  9. i-risk
  10. i-risks
  11. I-shaped

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