An Analysis of the Combination of Chinese and Western Cultures in Discrete Literature -- Taking Li Yan's English novel Snow Lily as an Example

Abstract

Cultural amalgamation is not only a striking phenomenon in discrete literary works, but also a literary reality in the creation of non-native language literary works in the multicultural context. Through the text analysis of the latest English novel "Snow Lily" by Li Yan, a Chinese Canadian writer, this paper discusses the application of the combination of Chinese and Western cultures in literary works in the multicultural context. At this time, Utopia plays a negative role in reality, alerting people to reset their hopes in time, in order to connect with the future; Although it is an exotic life from the bottom of the society, the protagonist Lily never gives up her efforts. She is pursuing a kind of universal values about the growth of the soul and human beings. Utopia has realized the budding role of the future ideology here.