Wang Anyi’s “Love In A Small Town” : A 5 page paper on
this seminal work of modern Chinese fiction. It demonstrates
how Wang departs from old romantic narrative patterns of
traditional Chinese literature to show the opportunities and
dilemmas of women in modern Chinese society.
Wanganyi.wps

Kingston’s “Warrior Woman” / Mother-Daughter
Relationship : A 5 page essay on the mother’s expectations,
legacy, and results of the daughter’s efforts in Maxine Hong
Kingston’s autobiography. The writer posits that both the
mother and daughter, though retaining separate ideologies,
come together in the fact that the daughter becomes a warrior
woman, a warrior created through the help of the mother. No
additional sources cited. Womwar.wps

The Role Of Women In The Chinese Family: Maxine Hong
Kingston’s The Woman Warrior: Memoirs Of A Girlhood
Among Ghosts And Fae Myenne Ng’s Bone : This 5 page
paper provides a comparison of the central theme of the role of
women within the family structure of Chinese and
Chinese-immigrants as related through Maxine Hong
Kingston’s The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood
among Ghosts, and Fae Myenne Ng’s Bone. This paper not
only considers the role of women in the family, but also relates
this role to the Chinese mythology and the perspectives of
individuals women within the development of these stories. No
additional sources cited. Kingch.wps

Asian Mothers and American Daughters : The trend toward
multicultural understanding has made an impact in Asian
literature in the past decade. With the expanded interest in
cultural perspectives has come an increase in literature specific
to intercultural and familial relationships. The relationship
between mother and daughter has always been considered as
complex and compelling and the relationship between a mother
born in another country and a daughter born in the United States
has special interest in this day and age. This 8 page paper
examines the relationships between the women in The Joy Luck
Club by Amy Tan and The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong
Kingston as defined by the cultural representation of language
and the use of language to bridge the gap between the Chinese
world and the American. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
KTmotdau.wps

Post Modernism in Pynchon and Kingston : Surrealism and
integrity are two ingredients that one generally doesn't expect at
the same time and in the same place. Yet, both Thomas
Pynchon and Maxine Hong Kingston have been able to meld the
two into a coherent whole. This 5 page paper examines the
postmodern stories: Pynchon's short story on Entropy, and
Kingston's novel of the Tripmaster Monkey and His Fake Book,
in an effort to verify their ability to embody the principles of
postmodernism with their temporal and cultural settings, as well
as the reliance on the visual image to convey the essence of their
respective morals. No additional sources are listed.
KTenttrp.wps

Tzu Hsi, the Empress Dowager of China : A 5 page research
paper on the life of Tzu Hsi, who has the mother of the emperor
became the power behind the throne of China for fifty years.
Ambitious, xenophobic, anti-modern and superstitious, she lived
a life of luxury and ostentation to the detriment of her country.
Her rule, rather then preserving traditional Chinese culture as
she desired, undoubtedly hastened the dominance of China by
the foreign influences. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
90tzuhsi.wps

The Role of Women in Chinese Literature : This 5 page
paper is divided into to segments: the first addresses the role of
women and the different female perspectives presented in
Chinese literature during the Tang and Song dynasties, and
relates gender differences based on authorship; and the second
segment considers the social changes that occurred in China
after the An Lushan Rebellion of 755. Bibliography lists 7
sources. Chinale.wps 
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