Fiction Beast | The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki (10 unique things + similarties with Proust) @Fiction_Beast | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
The tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki Shikibu is the world’s first novel written a thousand years ago. It’s also the most important work of Japanese literature. In this video I will tell you ten unique things about this novel and tell you how Japan today is similar to Heian period in 10th century. At the end I will compare the tale of Genji with Marcel Proust’s novel in Search of Lost time.

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My other videos on the Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji Summary and analysis: youtu.be/iEAGpVzjCJ8
The Tale of Genji vs. Shahnameh the persian book of kings: youtu.be/iEAGpVzjCJ8

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