A Special Presentation Of Chinese Modern Female Writers--On Ailing Zhang's Writing Style Through The Summing Up Of Her Earlier Works

Ailing Zhang, (1921-1995) whose real name was Yin Zhang, was one of the modern female writers of China. She was born into the family of a local dignitary and entered the University of London in Britain in. She later transferred to the University of Hongkong due to World War Two. She went back to Shanghai and started out as a writer. She contributed to newspapers and magazines, among which were The Thames, The Violet and the Variety (Wan Xiang), a large number of works. Ailing Zhang was adept at combining the style of western novels with that of the traditionalChinese literature. Her writing, which was mostly about sex and marriage, was of a unique charisma with Shanghai and Hongkong served as the social background almost all the time. The works in her early years were combined into Rumours (Liu Yan) which was of a far-reaching influence on the following generations. She went to Hongkong to have her long novels the Folk Dance (Yang Ge) and Love of the Red Land (Chi Di Zhi Lian) published in 1952. She died in Los Angeles in 1995. This article gives us an insight into the works by this writer in the former part of her life from the angle of females. It is devoted to expose the unique style of this female writer. The article, with a background of the life of women who came from the families of local dignitary in Shanghai and Hongkong, gives us insight into women's psychology. It clearly pointed out the hidden slavery in women in all kinds of respects by using the metaphor of the moon and mirror which remind us of something feminine. Ailing Zhang shunned and severely criticized the stereotype way of thinking of Chinese women in old times through her writing. In this sense, she surpassed her counterparts in a time when anew form of literature was taking place in China. The morbid psychology of women exposed in her writing filled a void in Chinese culture and literature. Her success has much to do with her family, her experiences and the unique social background in her time. The theme of her works and her writing style exert great influence on the following generations of writers.