Dance of Imagery: The Dynamic Intertwining of Mirrors, Moons, and Rain in Eileen Chang's Novels

Authors

  • Chen Chen Ider University
  • Menghui Yin Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University
  • Han Li Northern Arizona University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13985005

Keywords:

Eileen Chang, Imago, Mirror, Moon, Rain, Female

Abstract

Eileen Chang's novels have the intuitive, metaphorical, and artistic conception characteristics of imagery in the description of the characters' thoughts, emotions, psychology, character, fate, environment, and natural scenes. Analyzing the existence of imagery in Eileen Chang's novels is very helpful for understanding the psychology of the characters in Eileen Chang's novels and the tragic consciousness of the writer, so as to profoundly grasp the artistic characteristics of Eileen Chang's novels. Through Eileen Chang's writings, we can experience the imagery of contemporary society, and in the minds of people in the old society, they have the same feelings and different thoughts. In a sense, Eileen Chang'spen reflects the miserable status of women in the society of that era, and faintly reveals the sad thoughts of women. Through the description of natural scenes, as well as the rich depiction of the inner life of social figures, the thousands of thoughts of mirrors, rain and the moon are eloquently expressed.Eileen chang's writing has a deep feeling for the moon mirror and the rain. Through Eileen chang's writing, we can experience the images in the contemporary society. Endless thoughts lingering expression of Eileen Chang'sfeelings and aspirations, through the text to convey the heart of the sad feelings.Eileen Chang'sling is especially good at depicting beautiful and bleak imagery to create a "sense of desolation" for people, so as to confide in the world the love, hatred, hatred, falsehood, truth and falsehood of that world, and create a fantasy that turns a thousand times, but it disappears in an instant. Eileen Chang'sunique creative style makes the novel particularly unique, and the imagery of "mirror, moon, and rain" appears more frequently. Therefore, this article will study the imagery of "mirrors, moons, and rain".

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

[1]Eileen Chang'sCollected Works (Volume II), Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House, 1992.

[2]Eileen Chang'sCollected Works (Volume III), Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House, 1992.

[3]"Love in a Fallen City: (The Golden Lock"), Beijing October Publishing House, 1998.

[4]"Love in a Fallen City-(Agarwood Crumbs ~ The First Incense), Beijing October Publishing House, 1998.

[5]Zhuang Chaoying, "On the Image of Rain in Eileen Chang'sNovel", Journal of Fujian Normal University (Philosophy and Social Science Edition), 2010.06.

[6]Xia Zhiqing. A Review of Eileen Chang'sNovels[A] . Eileen Chang'sling and Su Qing, Hefei: Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House, 1994.

[7]M· Aether· Harting. The Myth of the Moon, Shanghai: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, 1992.

[8]Eileen Chang'sling. Ember Remnant[A] . Eileen Chang'sComplete Essays, Hangzhou: Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House, 1992.

[9]Eileen Chang'sling. Talking about dancing[A] . Eileen Chang'sComplete Essays, Hangzhou: Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House, 1992.

Downloads

Published

2024-10-25

How to Cite

Chen, Chen, et al. “Dance of Imagery: The Dynamic Intertwining of Mirrors, Moons, and Rain in Eileen Chang’s Novels”. Journal of Modern Social Sciences, vol. 1, no. 1, Oct. 2024, pp. 44-50, doi:10.5281/zenodo.13985005.

Issue

Section

Articles