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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_7070
dc.contributor.author	Müller Simone
dc.title	Hidden Temporalities. Time and Intertextuality in the Medieval Court Diary Utatane
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This paper explores intertextual expressions of temporality by way of Utatane (Fitful Slumbers, ca. 1238), a medieval memoir describing the unhappy love affair between a young lady-in-waiting and a courtier of higher standing, and her vain efforts to get over her lover. Through a close reading of the work’s beginning and end, it will be demonstrated how intertextual techniques are used in Utatane to inscribe the past into the present and to express the protagonist’s temporal sensations. Hereby it will be argued that, while allusions underline the protagonist’s dissatisfaction with the present and her longing for the past, they may also be read as encrypted expressions of nostalgia for the Heian period’s court culture. At the same time, they demonstrate the author’s sophistication, an important ‘social capital’ of court ladies at the time.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Arts and Literature
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-08-30
dc.dateAccepted	2022-03-23
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-12-14
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-609-1/hidden-temporalities/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-608-4/004
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-609-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-608-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Court Diary
dc.subject	Intertextuality
dc.subject	Nun Abutsu
dc.subject	Temporality
dc.subject	Utatane

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Hidden Temporalities

Time and Intertextuality in the Medieval Court Diary Utatane

Simone Müller Universität Zürich, Schweiz

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This paper explores intertextual expressions of temporality by way of Utatane (Fitful Slumbers, ca. 1238), a medieval memoir describing the unhappy love affair between a young lady-in-waiting and a courtier of higher standing, and her vain efforts to get over her lover. Through a close reading of the work’s beginning and end, it will be demonstrated how intertextual techniques are used in Utatane to inscribe the past into the present and to express the protagonist’s temporal sensations. Hereby it will be argued that, while allusions underline the protagonist’s dissatisfaction with the present and her longing for the past, they may also be read as encrypted expressions of nostalgia for the Heian period’s court culture. At the same time, they demonstrate the author’s sophistication, an important ‘social capital’ of court ladies at the time.

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Aug. 30, 2022

Accepted

March 23, 2022

Submitted

Dec. 14, 2021

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978-88-6969-609-1

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978-88-6969-608-4

Keywords: Court Diary • Temporality • Nun Abutsu • Utatane • Intertextuality

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