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Hardcore Literature Lecture Series
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📔Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3
🎖️ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma
🎭 Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7
🐳 Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf
☄️ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp
🍂 Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt
🇮🇪 Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN
🚂 Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv
💀 Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5
⚓ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b
🎠 Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
🇫🇷 Les Misérables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA
📖 Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c
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Timestamps:
0:00 the highest pinnacle of Japanese literature
3:00 how to read The Tale of Genji
4:00 the difficulty of this masterpiece
6:30 the world of the Shining Prince
8:00 cloud-dwellers in Heian Japan
9:00 the power of the Fujiwara Clan
9:30 meet Lady Murasaki Shikibu
10:20 the women of Heian Era Japan
11:30 hired wombs, polygamy, political power
13:00 architecture, privacy, nighttime world
15:30 the influence of Chinese on Heian Japan
17:00 masculine vs feminine communication
17:50 women and the rise of Japanese literature
18:50 spoken language becomes written
19:40 Lady Murasaki defines the self in text
20:20 the religious beliefs of Heian Japan
21:00 Shinto, Taoism, Buddhism
25:00 the aesthetics of Heian Japan
26:30 the physical beauty of Hikaru Genji
28:00 the sadness of nature’s ephemerality
30:00 appreciating Lady Murasaki’s poetry
32:00 the natural beauty of Japan
34:30 the sorrowful atmosphere of Genji
37:00 appreciating the characters of Genji
38:00 meeting the character Hikaru Genji
40:00 otherness, self, literature as Rorschach
41:00 the romantic exploits of Genji
42:00 a key to unlocking the narrative
43:00 why the story rewards patience
44:00 the Oedipus complex of Genji
46:30 the character of Murasaki
49:00 the waka poetry of Heian Japan
53:00 the excitement of poetry composition
55:00 different Japanese historical eras
56:00 the music of Japanese courtiers
57:00 is The Tale of Genji really a novel?
58:00 real life inspirations for Genji
59:00 the tragic backstory of Lady Murasaki
1:00:00 how was The Tale of Genji written?
1:01:00 who were the first readers of Genji?
1:02:00 did Lady Murasaki write the ending?
1:02:30 how to read like the first readers
1:05:00 the organic structure of Genji
1:06:00 reading Genji for the sentiment
1:07:00 abridged vs full versions of Genji
1:08:00 why do we love such long novels?
1:09:30 reading Genji with active absorption
1:11:00 which translation of Genji is best?
1:12:30 puritan vs cavalier translators
1:14:30 the Arthur Waley translation
1:15:00 the Edward Seidensticker translation
1:16:00 the Royall Tyler translation
1:17:00 the Dennis Washburn translation
1:20:00 Genji Taste Test - Washburn
1:22:00 Genji Taste Test - Waley
1:23:00 Genji Taste Test - Tyler
1:23:40 Genji Taste Test - Seidensticker
1:24:30 recommended pacing for Genji
1:27:00 hardcore literature book club
1:29:00 your thoughts on The Tale of Genji?
📚 Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature
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🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify)
📖 Book Club Discussion: patreon.com/posts/who-is-greatest-101291574
Hardcore Literature Lecture Series
————————————
📔Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3
🎖️ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma
🎭 Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7
🐳 Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf
☄️ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp
🍂 Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt
🇮🇪 Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN
🚂 Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv
💀 Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5
⚓ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b
🎠 Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
🇫🇷 Les Misérables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA
📖 Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c
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Timestamps:
0:00 the highest pinnacle of Japanese literature
3:00 how to read The Tale of Genji
4:00 the difficulty of this masterpiece
6:30 the world of the Shining Prince
8:00 cloud-dwellers in Heian Japan
9:00 the power of the Fujiwara Clan
9:30 meet Lady Murasaki Shikibu
10:20 the women of Heian Era Japan
11:30 hired wombs, polygamy, political power
13:00 architecture, privacy, nighttime world
15:30 the influence of Chinese on Heian Japan
17:00 masculine vs feminine communication
17:50 women and the rise of Japanese literature
18:50 spoken language becomes written
19:40 Lady Murasaki defines the self in text
20:20 the religious beliefs of Heian Japan
21:00 Shinto, Taoism, Buddhism
25:00 the aesthetics of Heian Japan
26:30 the physical beauty of Hikaru Genji
28:00 the sadness of nature’s ephemerality
30:00 appreciating Lady Murasaki’s poetry
32:00 the natural beauty of Japan
34:30 the sorrowful atmosphere of Genji
37:00 appreciating the characters of Genji
38:00 meeting the character Hikaru Genji
40:00 otherness, self, literature as Rorschach
41:00 the romantic exploits of Genji
42:00 a key to unlocking the narrative
43:00 why the story rewards patience
44:00 the Oedipus complex of Genji
46:30 the character of Murasaki
49:00 the waka poetry of Heian Japan
53:00 the excitement of poetry composition
55:00 different Japanese historical eras
56:00 the music of Japanese courtiers
57:00 is The Tale of Genji really a novel?
58:00 real life inspirations for Genji
59:00 the tragic backstory of Lady Murasaki
1:00:00 how was The Tale of Genji written?
1:01:00 who were the first readers of Genji?
1:02:00 did Lady Murasaki write the ending?
1:02:30 how to read like the first readers
1:05:00 the organic structure of Genji
1:06:00 reading Genji for the sentiment
1:07:00 abridged vs full versions of Genji
1:08:00 why do we love such long novels?
1:09:30 reading Genji with active absorption
1:11:00 which translation of Genji is best?
1:12:30 puritan vs cavalier translators
1:14:30 the Arthur Waley translation
1:15:00 the Edward Seidensticker translation
1:16:00 the Royall Tyler translation
1:17:00 the Dennis Washburn translation
1:20:00 Genji Taste Test - Washburn
1:22:00 Genji Taste Test - Waley
1:23:00 Genji Taste Test - Tyler
1:23:40 Genji Taste Test - Seidensticker
1:24:30 recommended pacing for Genji
1:27:00 hardcore literature book club
1:29:00 your thoughts on The Tale of Genji?
