Pre test

1. J
2. A
3. B
4. F
5. I
6. C
7. D
8. G
9. H
10. E

Activity 1

Answer: Correct. A major theme of the 'Tale of Genji' concerns love, lust, and the interaction of
members of the opposing sexes; it also explores the different themes of affection, friendship, filial
loyalty, and family bonds.

Chapter 1.

I think the theme is about suffering

Chapter 2

It is about affection and friendship

Chapter 3

I think the theme is about determination

Chapter 4

It is about loyalty to yugao

Chapter 5

Family bonds

Activity 2

What Do I Know? Qualities of Genji

- Genji is cold and seemingly without a conscious. His main redeeming features are his good looks
and athleticism.
What Do I Find Out? Qualities of Men Today

- Man today should be handsome first because nowadays only handsome will get more shawty
than man who had a stable income, a house and savings.

What Do I Learn? What I Admire with Men?

I admire man with a stable job, can raise a family, and of course handsome and atlethic man.

Activity 3

This drawing shows a man writing a letter for her beloved woman who didn’t want him but this man is
dedicate to have her heart even if she has a companion already.

Check you understanding

1. Short story
2. Hikaru Genji
3. Heian
4. Non-royal
 5. Two beginnings
6. Romantic
7. Concubine
8. Two beginnings
9. Heian
10. Court

Post test

1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. B
10. A

Reflection

In general, courting in the Heian period took place freely among men and women of equal rank.
The man would send a poem to a lady he had heard about and wait for a reply. If the reply was
favorable and, more important, artistic, then he might call upon the lady. She would remain
hidden behind a screen, surrounded by her ladies-in-waiting. Poems would then be passed back
and forth through the screen. If the man was to gain admission behind the screen he would be
acknowledged as her lover. Until this moment, however, the two would not meet face to face.
Note that Yûgao and Genji do not look on one another until after they have become lovers .