The Influence of Traditional and Modern Cultures on Zhang Ailing’s Creation
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DOI: 10.25236/icallh.2018.48
Corresponding Author
Tao Jun
Abstract
Zhang Ailing grew up in Shanghai, where Chinese and Western culture hit the hardest in the 1920s. Her deep roots in traditional culture promoted she grow up and read classical poetry. After studying abroad, her mother was greatly influenced by Western culture, exerting a great effect on Zhang Ailing after returning to China. These legendary personal experiences and knowledge structures make her equipped with the accumulation of Chinese traditional culture and the awareness of Western modern culture, which has a profound impact on Ailing Zhang's later works. Her works often reflect the combination of Chinese traditional culture and modern western culture. However, her works reveal the infiltration of Western modern culture. Her novel has a profound "modernity" in feeling and expressing.
Keywords
Traditional Culture, Modern Culture, Writing Technique.