Colin Rhode Chinese 3801 Qiancheng Li Friday May 2nd, 2014 The Tale of Two Cultures The Tale of Genji, also known as the first psychological novel in the world, is a detailed story about the court life of the upper class of Heian Japan. The story is told by a narrator that seems to have witnessed all of the events that occurred firsthand, or heard about them in great detail from others. This allows for the narrators to shift omnisciently into the minds of characters and share their innermost thoughts. Liya Li sums up the story as such “The tale relates with lyricism and understated drama the amorous impulses and political intrigues of Genji, the gifted and charismatic son of an emperor, and of Genji’s descendants. It also depicts with a considerable degree of realism what life was like for the powerful elites of Heian nobility.” The story touches on themes of love, marriage, sexual politics, death, and more, but also goes further by showing “the influence of Buddhism on Japanese views, thoughts, and expressions of beauty” (Li).
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