The Image of Japan in Hong Ying's Novels

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10.2991/cesses-19.2019.141How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Hong Ying; Japanese elements; collective imagination; personal appeal

Abstract

With the advent of globalization, transnational writing has become an important feature of writers' writing. Many meaningful factors can be found in the investigation of foreign images in the works of writers. Hong Ying is a famous overseas writer of Chinese literature. She has written many works about Japan, especially the novel Green Sleeves. Under Hong Ying's description, Japan is a cruel aggressor for China. Yuji Yamazaki in Green Sleeves is typical Japanese. He is serious, cultivated and knows a lot about Chinese culture. He acts in accordance with Bushidou and is very arrogant towards China. Japanese culture is poetic and wins the favor of Hong Ying, whether the distinctive Japanese color, sakura (oriental cherry), a symbolic symbol of Japan, kimono, or simpleness, Mono no aware aesthetics. The image of Japan under Hong Ying's description is not only related to the historical context of China and Japan, but also to Hong Ying's Japanese complex.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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