Resonance And Transcendence

From the time point of view,relationship between Eileen Chang and"The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai " almost throughout Eileen Chang's entire career.Eileen Chang started to contact the“The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai" from 13 or 14,and then she read it again and again.We can find "The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai" faintly visible traces in her prose or fiction.After going abroad,Eileen Chang spent ten years of painstaking efforts on Mandarin and English translation of "The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai",thus it can be seen Eileen Chang cherish and respect“The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai".By comparing the literary viewpoint of Eileen Chang and "The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai",we can find their common ground.Then compare it with many "Xiaxie" novels,which can draw the reason Eileen Chang praised the "The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai".Firstly,the other "Xiaxie" novels are either“praising excessively"--the prostitute beautification,or "overflow evil"--the prostitute portrayed as the heart bad.Only“The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai" pursuit realism,which is the same as Eileen Chang.Secondly,other "Xiaxie" novels is in the pursuit of entertainment,but "The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai" has a certain value of literature,especially the aesthetic pursuit of drawing technique,which is the same as Eileen Chang.Thirdly,"The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai" jump from the other "Xiaxie" novels of love and desire in the extreme,which not only break the set mode romantic love,but also give up writing desire.In Eileen Chang's view,it is the theme of the forbidden fruit orchard--love.We found that Eileen Chang and“the Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai”have a certain resonance in realism,Baimiao,writing love,so we respond to text.In reality,both emphasize in the creation to be familiar with the writing material,because it can produce in stone sound;and because it is familiar with the writing material,so what they write are ordinary people and ordinary things.When we read,we seem to remember daily life experience.In order to realistic,we write about ordinary people in the method on uneven comparison.Eileen Chang pays more attention to“the Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai" in later works,so the realism in Eileen Chang's later works are more evident.In Baimiao,Eileen Chang appropriates this technique and it will be practical to her novel"XiangJianHuan".In love,Eileen Chang and "the Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai" in love just corresponding to the place:one love mode is"young ",not only refers to the age of the young,but the love view of"young".It refers to those who don't bear the burden of life,not to hypocritical secular,first put into love,so passionately devoted people.Another love mode is“in a disastrous state of love ",refers to the people who experience the heavy and tedious daily life,see the well-being of the world in the realistic society,had to seek their own benefits.When the people are not "young",they have to face the reality,then they found that "there is no sentiment can be in a perfect state ".Eileen Chang's literary achievements not just seem like "the Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai",and her inspiration is not just from the"the Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai".On one hand,compare with the original novel,her Mandarin version is more concise,and it shows she beyond the original to a certain extent;on the other hand,in art on the technique of China style,Eileen Chang undertake contains " the Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai ",she learned from the western literary and artistic practices,including psychological description,montage,and vivid description of the psychology of Eileen Chang compared to the old novels Baimiao to tortuous character psychological,more deeply.The theme of the novel,"the Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai" in "YiLi Garden"flaw weakens its tragic efforts,in contrast,Eileen Chang's life background--nihilism,makes the novels of Eileen Chang Whether it is nothing common life or life,is a tragedy.And this kind of ordinary life of nihilism,placed in the long river of history,we can feel endless nothingness.Profound theme of Eileen Chang is far away from the "the Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai".