Political, Criticism & Theory, Movements & Periods, Chinese, Women authors, Reference, Women Writers, Asian 

Examines five Chinese-born female writers of the post-war era who left China, but were still influential in Chinese literature. This book places the writers in their social, cultural, personal and historical perspective, analyzing their lives and works. 

Synopsis
This book examines five of the most influential Chinese-born women writers of the post-war era: Nie Hualing, Yu Lihua, Chen Ruoxi, Li Li, and Zhong Xiaoyang. They have become a dominating force in Chinese literature today, although they presently reside outside their homeland. This book raises a clear and consistent voice in line with the literature of exile and self discovery. As these writers talk of the root the self, and their social, cultural, and historical identities their varied voices share the unique characteristics of the literature of exile.
These women, who continue to write in their native language, envision themselves as the literary mediators between their lost past and their newly adopted homeland. They compare each of these worlds in terms of the demons with which they have wrestled for identity, recognition, and freedom.
The book is of interest not only to those with a particular interest in the phenomenon of these Chinese exiled intellectual emigres and their role in the influence on the development of Chinese literature, but to those who seek to understand the development of women's studies and world literature as a whole, and the influence of East-West literary relations in particular."

Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-282). 

Genre/Form: Translations into English
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Translations
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Hsin-sheng C Kao

ISBN: 0791414396 9780791414392 079141440X 9780791414408
OCLC Number: 25787862
Notes: Cover title also in Chinese: Zhongguo hai wai zuo pin de ben tu xing : dang dai nü zuo jia ping lun.
Description: x, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Contents: Prologue : Chinese overseas writers and nativism / Chen Ruoxi --
In and outside the wall / Chen Ruoxi --
Two sisters / Yu Lihua --
Yu Lihua's blueprint for the development of a new poetics : Chinese literature overseas / Hsin-shen C. Kao --
Many things to tell, but hard to tell / Nie Hualing --
The themes of exile and identity crisis in Nie Hualing's fiction / Shiao-ling Yu --
Homeward bound / Li Li --
The divided self and the search for redemption : a study of Li Li's fiction / Michelle Yeh --
The wedding night / Zhong Xiaoyang --
Beyond the bridal veil : the romantic vision of Zhong Xiaoyang / Samuel Hung-nin Cheung.
Series Title: SUNY series, women writers in translation
Other Titles: Zhongguo hai wai zuo pin de ben tu xing.
Responsibility: edited by Hsin-sheng C. Kao.