flowers in Shanghai revealed the cultural characteristics and historical features of the Shanghai concession at the end of 19th century through the description of the life of the prostitutes, a weak group. The narrative art of the novel broke through the traditional one in many aspects with the mixed features of the old and new times. It is one of excellent long novels in modern times, which is inherited from the middle ancient literature and modern literature. The book is divided into two parts;Chapter one: the content of the novel, which contains two parts, that is: the description of brothel life and the metropolis culture. This book has a general description of the brothel life in Shanghai and tried to reveal the deep culture features in it.Chapter two: the way of narration of the novel. This chapter has two parts, that is: women oriented narration and narration of settings. It analyzed the achievement of the art of novel narration through the narration of women and settings. |