Casting Off the Shackles of Family
Subtitle: Ibsen's Nora Figure in Modern Chinese Literature, 1918-1942 (Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature, Vol. 31)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: December 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780820433448
Subjects: Asia - General; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Asian; Literary Collections; Sociology; 20th century; China; Chinese literature; Feminism; Feminism in literature; History and criticism; Literature: Classics
Description: "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 Hsun, 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."--Jacket.