The Representation of Trauma and the Illusion of Beauty — About Feng Jicai’s Novel “The Three-Inch Golden Lotus”

Abstract

Feng Jicai (b. 1942) is one of the most famous contemporary Chinese writers, he is known also as an artist and calligrapher. This paper examines his novel “The Three-Inch Golden Lotus” (San cun jin lian, 1986), in particular, it looks into literary representation of trauma. The revealed stylistic features allow us to consider the story in the context of its relationship with the oral folk tale.

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