This feminist perspective on Chinese modernism focuses on six writers: Lu Xun, Mo Yan, Can Xue, Zhaxi Dawa, Su Tong, and Yu Hua. Partly because Confucianism perceived women and fiction as inferior, radical intellectuals in modern China used them to represent their subversive positions. Women and fiction became related by a shared inferiority. Lu ...
The essays in this volume consider the state of current writing of the world's best Chinese women writers. All the contributors relate their authors to the life and work of other contemporary Chinese women writers, and compare work coming from PRC, Taiwan and overseas Chinese. The essays make a contribution to the fields of Modern Chinese ...
This book-length study of Chinese American author Kinsgton includes insight on the historical context of "The Woman Warrior "and theoretical aspects of "Tripmaster Monkey."
The full range of literary traditions comes to life in the Twayne Critical Essays Series. Volume editors have carefully selected critical essays that represent the full spectrum of controversies, trends and methodologies relating to each author's work. Essays include writings from the author's native country and abroad, with interpretations from ...
The 13 essays in this book view the writer, Pearl S. Buck, from historical, humanitarian and literary perspectives. She was the first American woman to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes for Literature and was a major force in shaping American views of Asia, particularly China.
In East Wind: West Wind, The Good Earth, The Mother, Pavilion of Women, and Peony, Pearl S. Buck presents an array of memorable Chinese women. Suppressed by society but refusing to submit to it, these women are able to thread their way through a maze of Confucian doctrines to fight for their freedom and dignity. Deftly portrayed, these characters ...
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