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The Seasons Of Genji, Elizabeth Mudry Jan 2021

The Seasons Of Genji, Elizabeth Mudry

Senior Projects Spring 2021

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The Seasons of Genji

The Tale of Genji was written for Empress Fujiwara no Shoshi by Murasaki Shikibu, a fellow court noblewoman, during the Heian Period of Japan (794 AD to 1185 AD). One could dismiss The Tale of Genji as a romantic tale of a prince and his lovers, a story full of beauty, poetry, and women named after flowers. While Genji is a shining prince with poetic affairs, the focus of the tale never lingers too long on the sweetness of love. Rather, the tale explores the cycles that grip Genji’s life and the control they …


The World We Live In: Human Subjectivity, Psychological Breakdown, And The Urban Environment In Japan Literature Of The 1920s, Carmen Chen Jan 2021

The World We Live In: Human Subjectivity, Psychological Breakdown, And The Urban Environment In Japan Literature Of The 1920s, Carmen Chen

Senior Projects Spring 2021

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