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EAS 40 midterm Flashcards

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Timeline of May fourth

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1911: Chinese revolution, end of imperial rule
1914-1918: End of WW1 in 1918
German colonies of China were given to Japan due to Germany’s lost in the war
War lords signed the peace treaty to give this part of China to Germany

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Goals of the Movement (1915-1921+)

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National independence, emancipation of the individual (defining what an indiv. is), rebuilding society and culture

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Relevance of May-Fourth?

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Mandarin wasn’t normalized until 100 years ago
Modern Chinese literature wasn’t created until 100 years ago
Classical writing = higher status
—> Entire culture, including the language, changed

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Who is Nora? (introduced in 1918)

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character in a Norwegian play by Henrik Ibsen in his playwright “A Doll’s House”
Nora= an individual is an autonomous being who should think for herself and has duties for herself

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Synopsis of A Doll’s House

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Nora worked as a housewife and was the image of a perfect marriage
husband got sick and had no money and she forged a signature to get money for her husband to heal
her husband found out and blew up\

Nora’s REALIZATION
wasn’t treated as an equal or a grown person by her father or husband “a doll”
loved as a doll not a person
adapted to her husband’s tastes didn’t have the authority to have her own individuality

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who wrote EMBROIDERED PILLOWS

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LING SHUHU

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PURPOSE of EMBROIDERED PILLOWS

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signifies that even if a woman upholds what is told of her she will not win the end of the bargain. Signifies a societal change and exemplifies woman oppression at the time.

Separates woman and men’s spaces in society (aka Inner sphere)

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Why doesn’t Eldest Young Mistress have a name?

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reinforces the class system
unable to call her by her name signifies that she is in a different world
doesn’t and isn’t given the freedom to have a personality or identity
labor-induced slavery, her eyes hurt for a few days (40 different colors on the tail alone)
tied to marital status, age, and her family ranking
only know who their husband or father’s last name is in China

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time of embroidered pillows

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Summer, two years passed

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what is the space divided into in embroidered pillows?

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3 women (2 working, 1 upper class) no men in their space

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Appreciation from the servant for the pillow symbolism

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finally got the pillow after 2 years when it was stepped on, gives them some shared common ground when the work isn’t appreciated
intended individual for the pillow doesn’t work and therefore doesn’t appreciate the eldest young mistress’ work on the pillow
eldest young mistress can’t recognize the recognition from the servant but recognizes her work on the pillows (recognition is one way!!)

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who talks in embroidered pillows?

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young niu

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what is the eldest mistress’ DREAM & DESIRES:

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social status, materialistic possessions, has no mention of marriage and love
wants her friends to be envious

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who wrote Southeast flies the peacock?

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Yuan Changying

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Main storyline of Southeast flies the peacock?

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Tragic love story of Zhong and Lan
married woman can’t go home, social lineage switches to her husbands
brother decides her fate as their is no father figure becomes the authority

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importance of embroidery

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remembering the robe Lan sent Zhong
POV: given the embroidery and is appreciated by Zhong
Lan uses her embroidery to express her love
Mandarin ducks: birds fated for life
expressing her feelings was seen as not virtuous and therefore distasteful
young women wasn’t supposed to have any desires
less talented a woman is the more virtuous she is -Mother’s pov

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Importance of Lao Lao

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Chasity memorial as a war trophy, was court sanctioned and honored
financial value, lower taxes
Lao lao fighting from herself, give up love and tenderness
Chasity arch: stone structures to commemorate chaste widows
Began around 11th century with Neo-Confucianism

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What was wrong with Zhong and Lan, according to her mother in law? (ritual)

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Zhong should’ve greeted his mother first before Lan not respectful (elders first)
young man and woman can’t express personal desires even when married
oppression of both Zhong and Lan in their marriage

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what do we see in Separation?

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physical separation from lover, mother’s pressure

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what do we see in Regrets for the past?

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neighbors stare for living together and not married, cooking, chickens, and dogs
man wanted to be a translator
-social pressure after neighbors stares

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what do we see in After Victory?

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isolation, routine job, cooling love
- all consuming passion to help them overcome other obstacles didn’t continue

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what do we see in wife?

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understanding of natural obligation and instinct of woman
-biological condition that restrains what she can be and what she can’t be
- pain and confusion trying to become an autonomous individual

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Why do you think the writer focuses on the mother? (Zhong’s mom)

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unrealistic expectations of women in this society
underlying patriarchy that she focuses on her son after her husband dies vs. her daughter
her son deviates from the tradition
Laolao as a parallel
denial of basic human nature to suppress her emotion, love, and tears to follow what it means to be a good woman
rational voice
Mother is controlled by her love, jealously, and emotion
let her emotions come out
let her desires show
hurt by the system itself (laolao was an example)

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Hu shi’s background

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advocated modern vernacular, science and democracy, freedom, progress, and social action
His mother was a widow when he was 6
made him wake up at dawn and was told off about his mistakes the day before
he left at 12 yo
betrothed at 13

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Hu Shi marriage background

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betrothed at 13 and married at 26
went abroad for 7 years then got married
didn’t see one another till they got married, stayed home, and didn’t showcase her desires like a virtuous woman
had three kids, had a long correspondence with his professor’s daughter

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who wrote the main event in life?

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Hu Shi

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setting of the main event in life

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western and Chinese art in their parlor
Shift from traditional chinese art to dutch landscape paintings shift of the modern age

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How are Mr and Mrs.Tian different?

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MR.TIAN
modernist view, should trust your own judgement
believes Buddha as statues (wood & plater)
cites the analects (aka bible) authoritative —> ironic = still has traditional values
Mrs.Tian
believes in superstition and those goddesses
traditional ideals about marriage

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What’s wrong with fortune telling & tradition?

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not evidence based
superstition
Questioning authority
can’t question the beliefs, needs rational thinking

29
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What motivates Yamei to walk out?

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chen’s note (her bf) that tells her that their marriage only concerns them two
she becomes stronger by his words
he bears more of the consequences
she doesn’t have to worry about money as Mr.Chen is already wealthy

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What’s the role of the absent boyfriend (CHEN)?

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modern view
sense of security for yamei

31
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who wrote separation?

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FENG YUANJUN

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what piece is epistolary fiction?

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letter narrative

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Filial Piety

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fundamental principle of Confucian mortality
good to your parents than you will be a good subject to your emperor
if you are a filial son, you’ll be good to your siblings, wife, and friends
parent has the authority so the child has to show piety to parental authority
carry out sacrifices

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What is the main crime the protagonist has committed in separation?

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DISOBEY PARENTAL AUTHORITY!
having an affair while married
wants to keep love from her mother (family) and love from her partner

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3 Types of Separation

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physical: like how those in contract marriages were not allowed to see one another till day of marriage
conceptual(ideas): illicit cohabitation (mother’s pov) vs. girl’s pov of love as sacred, noble, and innocent
ideal vs. reality: ideal life in college until she went back home and was imprisoned until she was supposed to be married

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Who is Werther and why is he important?

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from the “Sorrows of Young Werther”
written in 1774 by Goethe at 24 yo
epistolary novel (written in letters)
influence in romantic movement (1800s)
storyline: fell in love with someone who was married
banned in europe created many copycat suicides due to unrequited love

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Why does the author choose epistolary fiction?

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story told through letters, diary, etc.
intimate
dramatic immediacy
not quite the author
favored by woman writers, was not considered virtuous to express their feelings and write
would usually burn what they wrote and mostly wrote to their friends

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Who wrote YECAO?

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Ding Ling

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Why is it important for a woman to write?

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parallel between Ding ling and Yecao
projecting her ideal onto her work
expressing her feelings specifically political to transform society
asserts individuality, freedom of speech
can write about women’s social experiences and sexuality

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setting of Yecao?

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spring, represents youth and sexual fantasy/desires

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What is Yecao’s job?

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24 yo author in Shanghai (also like ding ling)

42
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Describe the park scene in yecao

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French Park with Nanxia
darkness —> romantic
modern, westernized
ambience
met her ex at that the same park

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problem in yecao

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mimetic relationship between the writer and fictional character that she is writing
women can be rational vs. emotional
“pitiable”

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Dark vs. light symbolism in Yecao

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love (romance) is meant to be hidden and bad (dark)
allows you to be someone you are not
opposite of clarity
light, her feelings of distaste after Yecao’s high feeling of love and emotion
everyone must become well-behaved in the light

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Nanxia’s letter

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willing to die than not win Yecao’s love
seems like Yecao goes on the date to just fill her void of being intimate with someone

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who wrote What Happens after Nora Walks Out?

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Lu Xun

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Lu Xun’s thoughts

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after nora awakened she couldn’t return to her dream and only option was TO LEAVE but faced the choice between degradation and returning home
believes money is essential
freedom can’t be bought but it can be sold
humans main defect: we get hungry
believes Nora can either fall into degration or return home
compares nora to a pet bird

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what is humans weakness according to lu xun?

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bad memory–> repeat mistakes of predecessors

we get hungry

49
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lu xun’s message

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first, economic independence is most crucial to individual liberation; second, economic independence could only be achieved through radical revolution; and third, individual liberation could not be achieved unless the collective society is priorly liberated
only a comprehensive social change will liberate its individual member, not the other way around

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who wrote regret for the past?

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Lu xun

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regret for the past storyline

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Juansheng regret after not treating Zijun well, not fiancially stable

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problem in regret for the past

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cohabiting with opposite ex and not married

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Tzuchun

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TzuChun appears noble and brave, capable of sacrificing herself for love at any cost and completely fearless and impervious to people’s “sarcastic smiles or lewd and contemptuous glances
she wasn’t the best at cooking but earnestly tried

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representation of leather shoes

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change of cloth shoes to leather for woman, change that woman can move around now and are not locked up in their homes
woman represent the sleepers
he walks behind her instead of him walking in front of her as a man
against traditional thoughts
walking behind her to show that they were not a couple

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why did Chuansheng get fired?

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neighbors thought they were immoral for cohabitating together

56
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who wrote Lin Nan’s diary?

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Shi Pingmei

57
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how long was he husband gone?

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husband was gone for 3 years

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pov of lin nan’s diary

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Chinese literature wrote woman waiting as an expression of love
wrote from POV of a traditional wife (abandoned woman)
felt abandoned by the times no only her husband but from tradition
lin nan was educated and knew ibsen’s nora
she is embedded into relationship isn’t her own individual (ex: a mother, daughter in law, wife)

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character in lin nan’s diary

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Lin Nan (diariest) married to Lin (affair to miss qian)
Xiu Qin is Jing’s gf
Jing and Dai are siblings to Lin

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Why can’t Lin Nan leave?

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has three children
is a daughter in law, guilty and feels like no one will take care of her parents in law
has no family

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Shi Pingmei (impossible dilemma)

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found a love, and found out he was married later
fell in love with someone very devoted also had a marriage, divorced his wife then dies
2 years mourning and died 3 years after

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Why does the author adopt the perspective of the wife? (lin nan’s diary)

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6 year difference reflects how quickly times were changing of women and daughter in law ideals = different moral map

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who wrote lusha?

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Shi pingmei

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65
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who are bowei & Lusha?

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bowel is the individual that lusha is writing to in her letter
Lusha is a disenchanted soul from a utopia

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what are the emotions expressd in lusha’s letters

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pity and sadness for women during those times, better to imagine a better life to stay sane

67
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what does after victory refer to?

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initial successful marriage that later fades away

68
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main ideas of after victory

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change from honeymoon stage to depressed state in marriage Qinzhi writes in her letter to Qiongfang questioning why can’t women also make a contribution/change to society
can’t free women from housework and society doesn’t have anything for them to do (except for teaching)

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