Chen Xiang-mei: Emotionlove-narrate And Culture-traversing Of Romantic Woman

Since Chen Xiangmei is a historic figure of multi social roles, her works are theoutcome of the combination of her multi-roles and a reflection of the specialty of a diversecontext. Her literary works are uniquely creative and cultural. Particularly, her lifeexperience in USA, the international political stage, her outlook on life and herunderstanding of the meaning of life demonstrate a distinctive presentation pattern andrich cultural content. We can find the generalness of various cultures through her culturalthoughts and her understanding of the difference between the west and the east. We cansee the meaning and value of life in her works. The sincere inner soul communication andthe glory of human ideals mirrored and documented in her prose are valuable researchtopics.Comparing Chen’s works with other contemporary works, subjects in her novels arerelatively narrow and characters are relatively simple, but this would deny the richness inher prose works. Her works are no inferior to those of other women writers that havealready established their traditional authority in China’s literature. If we are willing toforswear certain literary prejudice and review and treat equally with different literaryworks, it is easy to see an intimate connection between Chen’s works and those factualnovels, individualism, romanticism, sentimentalism, lyricism inclination and worriesabout the times and the nation. The ethic values, cultural charm of the poetic air createdand the cultural imagination supplied are still appealing.