Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji - The Tale of Genji

Klappentext This introduction to The Tale of Genji sketches the text's cultural background and offers an analysis of the text's language. Zusammenfassung Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji! written in Japan in the early eleventh century! is acknowledged to be one of Japan's greatest literary achievements! and sometimes thought of as the world's first novel. This book will be useful for survey courses in Japanese and World Literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Genji chapter titles; Genealogical chart; Part I. The Cultural Background: 1. Politics; 2. Murasaki Shikibu; 3. Religion; 4. Language; 5. A grammar of sexual relations; 6. History and fiction; Part II. The Tale of Genji: 7. Sexual politics (chapters 1-12); 8. Penance and restitution (chapters 12-21); 9. A prospect of flowers (chapters 22-33); 10. Dangerous obsessions (chapters 34-41); 11. A passion for self-destruction (chapters 42-54); Part III. Language and style: 12. The narrator's presence; 13. Kashiwagi's tortured mind; 14. Equivocal narration; 15. Poetry in prose; 16. Translations; Part IV. Impact, Influence and Reception: 17. Early textual history; 18. Murasaki in hell; 19. Medieval commentaries; 20. Tokugawa readings; 21. Modern readings; Guide to further reading.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Bowring, Richard (Selwyn College Bowring, Richard John Bowring
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2003
• EAN: 9780521832083
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83208-3
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Landmarks of World Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures