- Yuan Qiongqiong
Infobox Writer
name = Yuan Qiongqiong
other names = Yuan Ch'uing-ch'iung
birthdate =1950
birthplace =Taiwan
deathdate =
occupation =novelist ,essayist ,screenwriter ,poet
genre = Romance
influences =Eileen Chang
influenced =
website =Yuan Qiongqiong, Yuan Ch'iung-ch'iung, is a writer from
Taiwan born in1950 . Yuan wrotepoetry ,fiction ,essays ,film , andtelevision scripts during theBoudoir literature period for women. Boudoir literature is a form of writing that focuses on issues of women. Some aspects of women’s lives that were depicted in her writings were: role in family, anxieties, romantic relationships, aspirations, and role in the work place. Yuan Qiongqiong’s writings were inspired by the writings of an influential Chinese writer named,Eileen Chang . Chang led liberation for female Taiwanese writers. Both Yuan and her predecessor Chang, loved writingromances that weakened stereotypes of women.Writings
As Yuan exposed the role of women in their families, workplace, and other aspects of life, the women in her stories typically accomplished a financial feat. Either they achieved financial independence, or she showed the financial prosperity of the flourishing
middle-class . Her writings attempt to expose what women can do independent from men. In contrast to Eileen Chang's work, which negatively depicted the societal status inChina , Yuan was raised in a middle-class family and did not write about her animosity towards the economical differences of the society. The majority of the economy in post-warTaiwan , wasmiddle-class . In fact, Yuan greatly appreciated the middle-class life and often showed that appreciation through her literature. Yuan often ended her stories with a question and left the story unresolved. TraditionalTaiwan short stories ended resolved, without any questions left at the end.Yuan Qiongqiong's recent work often deals with young people dealing with the inner conflict of an external experience.
Works
A Lover's Ear Spring Water Boat A Sky of One's Own Fantasy Bug Flies Cat Adversity Even-Glow Beyond Words
The Old House That Stood for 30 Years A Place of One's Own The Sky's Escape Tales of Taipei The Mulberry Sea Empty Seat ources
1. Sudden Fiction International, Shapard, Robert, Thomas, James. New York, NY: 1989, pp 336.
2. Literary Culture in Taiwan, Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang, West-Sussex, NY: 2004, pp 171-175.
3. Yuan Qiongqiong and the Rage of Eileen Zhang Among Taiwan's Feminine Writers: The Eileen Zhang Phenomenon, Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang
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