by Yuhe Zhen | Feb 28, 2019 | pair scribes
CHU T’ien-hsin, “The Old Capital” Yangtze River vs. Tamsui River The Yangtze River that the writer mentions here is one of the most typical rivers in mainland China. However, Tamsui River is located in the northern Taipei and it is different from the Yangtze River...
by Nina Vang | Feb 26, 2019 | pair scribes
PAI Hsien-yung, “A Touch of Green” The war against Japan and the civil war are the driving factors that influence the characters’s lives. Because of their military association, the characters live in military villages like East Benevolence Village for the...
by Dawson Kremlacek | Feb 26, 2019 | pair scribes
Classroom discussion YU Guangzhong, “Nostalgia” PAI Hsien-yung, “A Touch of Green” SU Weizhen, “The End of the Military Family Village” CHU T’ien-hsin, “The Old Capital” Classroom discussion The Old Capital title...
by Grace Huffman-Gottschling | Feb 21, 2019 | pair scribes
CHU T’ien-hsin, “The Old Capital”Lingchei Chen’s article mentions that Chu’s novella quotes it’s namesake by Kawabata nine times throughout the text. While Chu’s work has its own similarities and differences from Kawabata, it stands to reason that her choice to...
by Zhixuan Song | Feb 21, 2019 | pair scribes
CHU T’ien-hsin, “The Old Capital” p.135 the bridge at Shijo where he had first met “Chieko’s Naeko” or “Naeko’s Chieko” lovers who seemed to never leave You told your daughter that southern China was just like that. When had you ever been in southern China? The main...
by Folarin Bandele | Feb 19, 2019 | pair scribes
CHU T’ien-hsin, “The Old Capital” From our teenage years, we get exposure to a variety of music, and now more than ever do we have access to sounds which transcend our starting culture. Likewise in “The Old Capital”, our protagonist at...
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