@article{oai:nichibun.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000215,
 author = {ODAGIRI, Takushi},
 journal = {Nichibunken Japan review : Journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies},
 month = {Jan},
 note = {In this paper, I examine Maeda Ai’s “Monogatari no Kōzō” (Structures of Stories) and “Kotoba to Shintai” (Language and Body), two articles which feature in his last book, Bungaku tekusuto nyūmon (Introduction to Literary Texts, 1988). These two pieces collectively illuminate an aspect of Maeda’s narratological theory that has not been discussed before, namely, his signifi cant insight into cinematic narrative as distinct from novelistic narrative. Here I contrast two concepts Maeda develops in these texts, namely “subjective unifi cation” and “predicative unifi cation,” and argue that the latter proves to be a central notion in Maeda’s narratological enterprise. Maeda’s predicate theory, if modifi ed appropriately, can represent a certain aspect of cinematic narrative more accurately than most subject theories. I fi rst examine Maeda’s analysis of modern literary texts, and clarify the exact meaning of his term “subjective unifi cation.” Maeda characterizes modern texts as subject to two kinds of narrative linearity, namely temporal and “chrono-logical.” He considers “chrono-logical” linearity as related to modern readers’ habit of “introspection.” I propose that what Maeda called “predicatively unifi ed” narratives are not linear in either of these senses, and are thus free from the modern habit of “introspection.” I then refer to Maeda’s discussion of synecdoche as an example of his predicate theory, and propose that his theory resembles one of montage, an important method in cinematic narratives. Finally, I attempt to provide a more precise defi nition of his predicate theory, in order to resolve a shortcoming in Maeda’s original theorization. I conclude that Maeda’s predicate theory is an important assumption underlying his entire scholarly oeuvre.},
 pages = {201--212},
 title = {Maeda Ai’s Predicate Theory},
 volume = {22},
 year = {2010}
}