Author: Robertus Sonny
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A statue of Murasaki Shikibu in Japan
A statue of Murasaki Shikibu in Japan
SainsMe - Novel, this one thick story book has now become a favorite reading of many people, probably including you. There are now many novel titles of various genres that you can enjoy as a reading in your spare time. There are also many novel writers with their own writing styles that are characteristic. Some of them may be your favorites. But, do you know who the author of the first novel in the world?
He is a Japanese woman named Murasaki Shikibu. That said, the name is not the real name. The name is just a pen name. But no one knows for sure what his real name is. Murasaki was born around 973 from a well-respected family in Japan, the first bupati in Fujiwara. He is known as an intelligent woman. In 998 he married and then had a daughter. But shortly afterwards, exactly in 1001, her husband died. A few years later, he was called to work as a lady at the Heian Palace for his writing skills and intelligent thinking.
The novel which he wrote himself entitled "Genji Monogatari", which in English means "The Tales of Genji" and in Indonesian "Hikayat Genji". This novel has 54 chapters with a total of 1000 pages. He wrote this novel before he was called to work in the palace, and there are even some who think he started writing since before the death of her husband. As the title suggests, this novel tells the story of Prince Genji. This novel is written with a fairly complicated grammar, even for Japanese people though. In addition, in those days literary works were not allowed to include names in the story, so must use the name or title. This allows the linguists to learn the grammar used in the novel.
The novel is in addition to the first novel in the world is also the novel of the first romance genre in the world. Currently, "Genji Monogatari" has been translated into various languages and also performed on various occasions. Not much is known about Murasaki Shikibu's life after writing this novel. But he also has other works in the form of a published diary as well as a collection of poems.
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