—Anonymous I think that “Life of A Sensuous Woman” by Ihara Saikaku is a great work because of how radical it was for its time and the manner in which it approaches the idea of love. Given that the story was written in a conservative sixteenth-century Japan, Saikaku took a great risk in writing from […]
Enlightenment, Romantic, and Colonial (1660–1830CE)
the elements of sick love
—Anonymous Life of a Sensuous Woman tells us a story of a Japanese woman, being manipulated by man, being addicted to carnal and immersed in jealous. The story gives us enlightenment that we should be watchful about sick love that will destroy our life by a silent transforming influence. Here in this novel, the elements […]
Insight on various lifestyles typically unheard of… and oftentimes not accepted
—Kevin Chen Given the opportunity to have read two texts in class so far, the text that resonated with me the most and which I consider “Great Works” is “Life of a Sensuous Woman” written by Ihara Saikaku. I believe that one of the author’s many purposes in writing this piece is to give insight […]
“Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature…
— Abdulla Al Sudman “Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature for me because it really touches upon something much deeper than a man’s attraction to beauty, instead on how beauty, and as an extension women, are perceived by people. This is a “Great Work” because it illustrates how people thought and […]
From my research I figured out while most of female writers wrote about nature, religion…
— Ramesha Prachi From my research I figured out while most of female writers wrote about nature, religion Elizabeth Barrett Browning expounded on industrialization, slavery, political problems, discrimination between men and woman and what it resembled to live in the advanced world. Elizabeth Barrett Browning built up herself as a lady who was never afraid […]
