Abstract

It is Yan Geling’s invariable literary thoughts and feelings that express the real deep affections and experiences of women. As a Chinese American writer, she has invented one Chinese story after another. All her stories are unique, intricate and imbued with deep affectations. In Fusang, Yan Geling revealed the hard, bloody and tragic history of the Chinese immigrants. Her narration is a new annotation of the ancient Chinese femininity, gender relationship and cross-cultural communication. In the novel, the author, basing on cross-cultural communication and combining her personal life experiences with the story, showed deep concern for the survival conditions of the traditional oriental females so as to arouse readers’ rational thought and emotional resonance. Through the vivid feminine imagery living at the bottom of the social ladder, Yan opened the window for readers to spy on feminine primitive potency and explore into the secret buried deep in human nature.

Highlights

  • Impelled by the new form of creative thinking, a number of talented writers and leading figures have come to the fore – such as, Chin Frank, Maxine Hong Kinston, Amy Tan, Yan Geling, Gish Jen, Henry David Hwang and some others

  • Fusang’s Elegy for the Spiritual Salvation In Yan Geling’s literary works, the heroines always keep a watchful eye to the world and all the things around them with their pity and sympathy

  • Fusang was a woman with bountiful vitality

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Literature Review

In the 1970s, some Chinese American writers, as a new emerging force, began to stand out in North American Literature. Impelled by the new form of creative thinking, a number of talented writers and leading figures have come to the fore – such as, Chin Frank, Maxine Hong Kinston, Amy Tan, Yan Geling, Gish Jen, Henry David Hwang and some others Their literary achievements have drawn more and more attention in the field of dominant culture and their influence has extensively spread throughout the world. Yan Geling is one of the most influential overseas Chinese writers in America Arguing from her own female experiences, Ms Yan has constructed a female world with rich connotations in her novels by constructing a unique form of female dialogue. A research of Fusang will be carried out in a fairly new angle

Yan Geling’s Feminine Mentality in Her Narration
A Short History of Oppressed Women
The Representative and Ignoble Features of Fusang
Fusang’s Helpless Greatness Reflected by Her Inexplicable Smile
Fusang’s Elegy for the Spiritual Salvation
Conclusion
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