Talk:Eileen Chang/Archive 1

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I see that the genre for this writer was recently identified as "Romance." This is definitely inaccurate, as the author did not write romances as they are generally understood or as Wikipedia defines the genre.

The confusion may be a result of a misunderstanding. Chang wrote a book with the title ROMANCES, but she was referring to the an older definition of the term.

At any rate, she was a writer of literary fiction and is best known for her novellas (or short stories). It would be helpful if this could be reflected on the page.

Mottstreetsara 18:52, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Concerning the following sentence from the beginning of the entry: "Chang's work describing life in 1940s Shanghai and occupied Hong Kong is remarkable in its focus on everyday life and the absence of the political subtext which characterised many other writers of the period. " "The absence of political subtext" is not so "remarkable" at all: in 1941, Shanghai falls definively in the hands of Japanese army: who could publish in "Occupied Shanghai" any work containing "political subtext"? The beginning of the entry should precise that World War II China was a divided country with different specific zones: "writers of the period" living in Yan'an would write political literature, not those living in Shanghai from 1941 unto 1945. --WKGen 17:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Children -- It's vague about pregnancy with second husband - did she have an abortion, or give birth and give baby up for adoption? Later, it says she had no children, implying abortion, though doesn't say for sure.

I add the characteristics of Chang's late works, because in this article there is not the text describes Chang's late writing style. This was copied from my sandbox. Eileen ChangYile5 (talk) 06:08, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

I add Chang's one English essay: A Return to the Frontier, because in this article there is not this book. This was copied from my sandbox.Eileen ChangYile5 (talk) 06:12, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

I add one novel: Little Reunion, because in this article there is not this book. This was copied from my sandbox.Eileen ChangYile5 (talk) 06:12, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

I add Chang was a realist and modernist writer. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 05:15, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add in the works published by Eileen Chang, the characteristic of her writing is that her language style and the background of the story are quite different. And in her works, there have many descriptions of psychology of the characters. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:02, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add in The Golden Cangue, Eileen Chang adopts popular language expression for her translation, simplifying English expression and sentence structure to make this English version easier for readers to understand. Because in this article there is not this information.

I add Eileen Chang did not think there has any revolution in her works, and she did not admit that her works was related to Tolstoy, .Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 05:17, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add Eileen Chang's late writing style was influenced by her tragic life experience, especially her description of the mother in her works. When Eileen Chang rewritten her memories into numerous autobiographies, her late writing style gradually matured Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 05:23, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add there are more tragedies and betrayals in Chang's later works than the previous works. Because in this article there is not information about the this feature of Chang's later works.Yile5 (talk) 05:34, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add in 1955, Chang moved to America, and she sought a job as an English writer, but she failed. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 05:34, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add Eileen Chang was good at describing small things in the family in novels, and let readers feel the mood of the characters in the novels, then mirroring social and historical behaviors. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 05:45, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add "The Fall of the Pagoda", "The Book of Change" and "Little Reunion", these three novels let Chang became the writer of many people’s attention again.. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 06:01, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add in Chang's writing career, the most important turning point was that she moved from Hong Kong to America in the 1950s. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 06:11, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add Chang's famous works were completed during the Japanese occupation. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 06:22, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add around 1960, Chang's life was not happy, and the economy was tight, so she was constantly looking for opportunities to work, such as translating and writing screenplays. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:07, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add in 1963, in the Chang's late work, the English essay "A Return to the Frontier", and in her last novel "Little Reunion", there have a betrayal behavior in both works. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:09, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add after Chang’s death, Song Qi was responsible for her works. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:15, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add in 1997, some of Eileen Chang’s manuscripts were exhibited at the University of Southern California (USC), and then these manuscripts were donated to this university’s East Asian Library. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:16, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add most of the content of the manuscripts were Chang’s works created in America, including the translation of “The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai”. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:17, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add the background of Chang’s early novels was Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 1940s. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:19, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add Chang sought literary inspiration not only from Western European novels but also from local novels. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:20, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add Chang did not spend lot of attention to the English translation of the Golden Cangue. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:21, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add as soon as Chang arrived in America, she began to creat three novels based on her life, these novels are "The Fall of the Pagoda", "The Book of Change" and "Little Reunion"Yile5 (talk) 13:22, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I add Chang once tried to adapt the screenplay for Hollywood with Chinese elements, but the agent thought the role has too much content and psychological changes, so she gave up. Because in this article there is not this information.Yile5 (talk) 13:22, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

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