Zhan Kai and Five “Novels of Women’s Liberation” of the Late Qing

doi:10.1007/s11702-011-0141-y

Front Liter Stud Chin

2011, Vol. 5

Issue (4) : 537-565 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11702-011-0141-y

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Zhan Kai and Five “Novels of Women’s Liberation” of the Late Qing

Ellen WIDMER(

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Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481-8203, USA

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Abstract

Zhan Kai’s 詹垲 (c. 1860–c. 1910) two novels about women’s liberation of 1907 (Zhongguo xin nühao 中国新女豪 and Nüzi quan 女子权) are compared with each other and with three slightly earlier novels that could have been influences: Nü yuhua 女狱花 of 1904, Nüwa shi 女娲石 of 1904, and Huang Xiuqiu 黄绣球 of 1905–7. An effort is made to show what he might have borrowed and what were the most original points in Zhan’s writing. One further issue is the reason he might have written two such similar novels. Finally his guidelines for readerly behavior are explored.

Keywords Zhan Kai late Qing novel Zhongguo xin nühao Nüzi quan Nü yuhua Nüwa shi Huang Xiuqiu

Corresponding Author(s): Ellen WIDMER,Email:ewidmer@wellesley.edu

Issue Date: 05 December 2011

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Ellen WIDMER. Zhan Kai and Five “Novels of Women’s Liberation” of the Late Qing[J]. Front Liter Stud Chin, 2011, 5(4): 537-565.

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