House Of Fiction In The Tale Of Genji

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House Of Fiction The answer is both due to the fact that the writer can be seen outside the house of fiction and be located inside of it too. An example being “The Tale of Genji”, where the author Murasaki Shikibu uses the idea of Genji that can be seen as just a character in the book and some can see him as an actual person. Yet that view may differ from one person point of view to another. Some would say he or she see the story in one way, while the other can have a more broad prospective to what the other individual who has read the story. So for this type of answer, we are going to look at how they can be seen inside the house, outside of it and what this response does to make a story. When a writer is seen inside the house of fiction, …show more content…

Henry James said that the human scene is “the choice of subject” and the question asked is what does it really mean. Can it be viewed as a choice of what the concept of the story will be about or how specific characters in the story play a huge role to building the main character to his or her destiny. The possibilities of the concept can be anything and the only answer it can be can only be determined by the author. If he or she wishes others to guess on it, which can be said for a lot of the stories being read …show more content…

Stories like Bhagavad-Gita, Gilgamesh, Beowulf and so many more literary works that have survived over the many years since it was created. That are still read and are common to this day. Much like their spirits are in the books we read, watching us look at their work and seeing how we of this time view their stories and find meaning to them. As Henry James onced said is the literary form as: “... singly or together, as nothing without the posted prescence of the watcher--- without, in other words, the consciousness of the

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