The nostalgic writing in Hai-Yin Lin’s“Memories of Peking:South Side Stories”and Chi-Chun’s“Sweet Osmanthus Flowers Falling Like Rain Drops”

• Main Authors: Ai-ning Yang, 楊璦寧
• Other Authors: Yeh-Lien Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47468373079847784826

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 漢學資料整理研究所碩士班 === 101 === Literature is a reflection of society and one’s experience. Besides , the phenomena of life in the story often deeply disclose a more specific message than in the reality of life. Hai-yin Lin’s “Memories of Peking: South Side Stories” describes the author''s own story of growth and migration experience in Beijing. She wrote down the adult world through the eyes of a little girl. From each main character of the story, she learned the meaning of life. Chi-Chun’s “Sweet Osmanthus Flowers Falling Like Rain Drops” is also a childhood writing. This autobiographical memoirs writes about her experience of migration to Taiwan, and how she deeply missed the passing time and space, in efforts to capture her memories of people, events, and objects. In this paper, the analysis is focus on the nostalgic writing in the “Memories of Peking: South Side Stories” and “ Sweet Osmanthus Flowers Falling Like Rain Drops”. By showing the similarities and differences in form and content of the two, we will present their literary value. The first chapter discusses the life and background of the authors, by which we will understand how they live, learn and grow up in the society of the old and new era alternately. Then by the concept of "nostalgia" theme, we analysis the historical background , space geographical, events, items and characters for every aspect, in order to know Hai-yin Lin’s and Chi-Chun’s creative themes, thoughts and feelings, style and brushwork. Lin used an extremely neat style of writing recounting the life of the former Beijing. On the other hand, Chi-Chun wrote about her feelings and mood out of sorrow and calmness. This two articles both recalled time and space to achieve the purpose of authors’ emotional expression. Meanwhile, their writing themes deeply rooted in the Chinese culture and show its effects in their articles everywhere. This unique writing style not only opened a new page of nostalgic writing, but also expanded the new and old hometown nostalgia literature.