Shishosetsu

Shishosetsu, also called the I-Novel or watakushi shosetsu, is a literary genre in Japanese literature used to describe a type of confessional writing in which the events of the story correspond to events in the author's own life. The genre was founded on the Japanese reception of naturalism during the Meiji period, and later influenced literature in other Asian countries. It reflects greater individuality and a less constrained method of writing than the fiction that preceded it, and from its beginnings the genre has also been meant to expose aspects of society or of the author's own life.