Author

Clare Brown

Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Zhu, Aijun

Keywords

Chinese Film, Mo Yan, Zhang Yimon

Area of Concentration

Chinese Language and Culture

Abstract

This thesis examines the depictions of violence and gender in Mo Yan�s novel, Red Sorghum, and Zhang Yimou�s film adaptation, also called Red Sorghum. Both works are representative of roots-seeking movements in Chinese literature and film during the 1980s, which sought to find a non-politicized cultural identity.

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