A Research On The Theme Of Yan Geling's Novel

Yan Geling is a famous writer residing in America, who has produced several novels, o novelettes and short stories, film scripts and biographies during the twenty years of writing. Many works of hers have received wide attention and continuous comment from people in the field of Chinese literature research both at home and abroad.This thesis focuses on the Chinese novels of Yan Geling published in China to have a systematic and comprehensive clarification and elaboration on their theme. The paper is divided into three parts with the clue of Yan Geling's profound concern, unique depiction and lenient care for human nature.The first part has a detailed analysis of the several types of love described by Yan Geling—the contradiction between love and ego of the female, It indicates Yan Geling's adherence to the feminine standpoint and perspective and her peculiar female experience with the ultimate purpose to explore the significance of her feminine writing at present.The second part discusses her novels whose theme is the "the memory ofthe Great Cultural Revolution". It recounts in detail to show that the ideal fervour of youth and the distorted humanity crisscross vertically and horizontally at the same time and space. Besides, it grasps the series of recent "Suizi's stories" makes the readers feel the process and extent of the trampling of the horrible adulthood world on the child psychology during the period of the Great Cultural Revolution.The third part talks about the Yan Geling's "New Migration Novels". Firstly, she reproduces and imagines the life of migrants of several generations with the profound historical ambience as the background. Next, she probes into the strong borderline consciousness and feelings, emphasizes the concern for the human nature on the border and applies the device of psychological analysis. Thirdly, she deductions the history of the homeland with the migrant background.