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- Title
Gendering Cross-strait Relations: Romance and Geopolitics in Li Ang's Seven-Generation Predestined Relationship and Ping Lu's East and Beyond.
- Authors
Lin Pei-yin
- Abstract
Studies on women's literature from Taiwan so far can be divided into two categories. The sociological one investigates the emergence of certain popular authors as a phenomenon, whereas the thematic one either condemns women writers for describing triviality only or hailing them as feminists. These two approaches cannot fully analyse the works by authors such as Li Ang (b. 1952) and Ping Lu (b.1953), who venture into the mostly male- dominated realm of politics and history. This paper examines the relationship between romance and Taiwan's socio-political issues in Li Ang's Seven-Generation Predestined Relationship and Ping Lu's East and Beyond. Based on a close textual analysis, it offers a detailed interpretation of the multi-layered narratives in Li Ang's novel, looking at how Li's characterisation points to a female-centric view and a post-national global identity. It then scrutinises the interplay between personal desire and Taiwanese history, as well as the use of female details, in Ping Lu's work. It argues that the narrative form - romance - commonly employed by both writers should not be deemed clichéd or unserious. Rather, it serves as an effective means to subvert the "hardcore" politics, providing engendered insights into Taiwan's own past and current interactions with China.
- Subjects
LU Ping; SEVEN-Generation Predestined Relationship (Book); EAST &; Beyond (Book); CHINESE literature; LITERATURE; WOMEN authors; LITERARY criticism; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Archiv orientální (ArOr), 2013, Vol 81, Issue 3, p515
- ISSN
0044-8699
- Publication type
Literary Criticism