Autobiography

Japanese: autobiography
Autobiography

…The word autobiography is new, but its origin is very old. The English word autobiography is the original name used in many countries today, and it was only in the early 19th century that it began to be used. However, the Confessions of Augustine, a 5th century theologian, is an outstanding religious autobiography with its earnest inner life and descriptive power, and the Autobiography of Josephus, a 1st century Jewish soldier, is nothing but a forerunner of self-defensive autobiographies that aimed to clear the stigma that had befallen him. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "autobiography" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…自伝という言葉は新しいが,その由来,起源はすこぶる古い。英語のautobiographyが,現在各国で通用する呼び名の原語とほぼいえるようで,これは19世紀初頭にようやく使われ出した。しかし,5世紀の神学者,アウグスティヌスの《告白》は,その切実な内面性と描写力によって卓抜な宗教的自伝であり,1世紀のユダヤの軍人ヨセフスの《自伝》もまた,みずからにふりかかった汚名をそそぐことを目ざした自己弁護型の自伝の先駆にほかならない。…

※「autobiography」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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