Topic Reading-Vol.2684-8/17/2019
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Topic Reading-Vol.2684-8/17/2019
Dear MEL Topic Readers,
The Tale of Genji: The world’s first novel?
Murasaki Shikibu was born in 970’s as a daughter of Fujiwara Tametoki, a medium rank Japanese aristocrat and an author of Japanese waka and Chinese poetry. It was after she became a widow in 1001 that she started writing what is considered the world’s oldest novel, the Tale of Genji. It centers on the life and loves of an elegant and highly sophisticated Hikaru Genji, who was born to an Emperor during the Heian Period. The story composed of 54 chapters and is broadly divided into three sections. This thousand-page-long story was first translated into modern Japanese nearly a millennium after it was written.
Enjoy watching the video to learn about this ancient tale of a handsome prince who enjoyed endless romances in and around the palace.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190814-the-tale-of-genji-the-worlds-first-novel
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