Vol. 2024 No. 3 (2024)
Articles

Viewing Eileen Chang's 1940s Shanghai lit through reception lens

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  • Qiyuan Zhao,
  • Li He
Qiyuan Zhao
Nankai University, No. 38 Tong Yan Road, Hai He Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
Li He
Tianjin University, No. 135 Ya Guan Road, Jin nan District, Tianjin, 300354, China

Published 06-09-2024

Keywords

  • Eileen Chang,
  • literary reception,
  • reading expectation,
  • innovation expectation

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Abstract

Eileen Chang's literature miracle is a special case to the lite.98rary circle of Shanghai during the Japanese occupation period. It had found a balanced supporting point among the social political cultural atmosphere, the consumer's need from the market, the readers' reading expectation and the writer's hope for innovation. From the angle of literary reception, this paper analyzes how a real conspiracy relation was formed among the author, the readers and the literature periodicals, and promoted the Eileen Chang literary miracle in the 1940s together.

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