On War Narrative In The Novels Written By Eileen Chang In The 1940s

Eileen Chang is a witness of war.She integrates her war experience into literary creation and forms her unique war narrative.This thesis mainly discusses the war narrative in novels written by her in the 1940 s,mainly focusing on Love in a Fallen City,Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier,Withered Flowers,Waiting,and Sealed Off as the major objects for discussion.The war narrative in the novels written by Eileen Chang in the 1940 s not only focuses on the time of war,but also pre-war social turbulence and citizens' life state of being terrified and confused.The content of war narrative presents the threat and horror brought by war to the life of ordinary citizens as well as the different behaviors of these ordinary citizens under the threat of war.Her novels never describe large-scale revolutions,but trifles in life.There are no heroes sacrificing their lives for righteousness,but ordinary citizens burdened with the pressure of the age.Love stories are an important part of war narrative in novels written by Eileen Chang in the 1940 s.She probes into the complexity of human nature through love stories.The war narrative in the novels written by Eileen Chang in the 1940 s is not confined to blood shedding and artillery fire,but focuses on the whole era and the long history,positioning the theme on the disclosure of cultural shocks and human weakness.Through disclosure of the war theme,Eileen Chang highlights her attitude toward war and the huge impact exerted by war on the real life and spiritual world of ordinary citizens.The war narrative in the novels written by Eileen Chang in the 1940 s is mainly characterized by face-off between war and individual time and space.In her novels written in the 1940 s,these two forms of time and space are closely integrated and display the trend of face-off.Eileen Chang has exceptional insight and another characteristic of her novels written in the 1940 s is her skillful use of metaphors.She usually regards ordinary things and feelings in life as metaphorical objects and more preciselyhighlights the psychological traits and life state of ordinary citizens under the background of war.The metaphorical objects written by Eileen Chang are mostly declining,desolate,and miserable.The war narrative in the novels written by Eileen Chang in the 1940 s does not directly focus on war,but fickleness of human nature,describes details in life,and is permeated with war threat between the lines.As a background,war has always permeated in the novels written by Eileen Chang in the 1940 s.War not only truthfully reflects history,but also reveals her inner sentiment.