TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shuei-may Chang
PY  - 2021
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Casting Off the Shackles of Family
T2  - Ibsen’s Nora Figure in Modern Chinese Literature, 1918-1942
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1098424
N2  - Nora, a character from Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll House, was a model for liberal-thinking Chinese women during the May Fourth Era of the 1920s and 1930s. Nora-like figures appeared often in modern Chinese literature to illustrate the issue of women’s emancipation. Casting Off the Shackles of Family explores the reception and transformation of the Nora theme in the works of Lu Hsün, Mao Tun, Ting Ling, and other May Fourth writers. In particular, it uses female heroic journey theories to trace women’s pursuit of independence and freedom in modern China.
KW  - Emancipation, Independence, Freedom, Modern China, Woman
LA  - English
ER  -