"Family/Home" Narration In Short Stories By Ling Shuhua

In Republic China,typical Chinese big families gradually changed into small ones.The sensitivity and concern for this problem made “family/home” become the theme of many women writers throughout their lifetime.Among them are Ling Shuhua,Su Xuelin,Chen Hengzhe,Bing Xin,Lu Yin and Feng Yuanjun.Other topics also Arouse against the family background,such as Eastern and Western culture,relationship between mother and child,female occupation and marital life.The “family/home” narration is not a magnificent female epic,but a true record of Chinese family relationship in a certain historical period.All the women writers listed above belong to “New Elegant Lady Genre”.The short stories of Ling Shuhua stand out of these due to her delicate observation and clear judgment.She shows readers a picture of typical Chinese family and the complex relationship among its members,as well as the humanity behind all these.The most apparent characteristic of this genre lies in the similarity between family writing and auto-biography.Their self-consciousness grew out of the family system and tradition known to them from an early age.By investigating “family/home” narration,we will not only see the women in family,but also find out the writers' deep understanding of “family” as a basic social unite.Through links to modern education towards woman in elite culture and contemporary female body writing tide,it's very possible to figure out the history and influence of woman writing from a particular angle.