The Thought of Identity,the Root of the City and the Road to Memory-A Comparative Study of Shanghai Writing by Wang Anyi and Cheng Naishan
Shanghai is a magical city with the mixture of eastern culture and Western civilization.As the representative writers of Shanghai writing,Wang Anyi and Cheng Naishan have left a great deal of literary memory for Shanghai.As a Shanghai immigrant Wang Anyi described the trivial daily life of Shanghai through the image of lane,clothing with a peaceful and quiet brushwork to demonstrate the concerns for people.While Cheng Naishan used the identity of"Shanghai daughter"to recall old Shanghai with a wave of nostalgia through the architectural details such as historical mansions,scattered old dreams to satisfy readers'literary imagination of Shanghai with a delicate and gentle writing style.Each with the distinctive perspective to illustrate the legend of Shanghai,they look for the soul of Shanghai.Their works excavated the value implication of Shanghai writing revealed the unique charm of Chinese literature.
Wang AnyiCheng NaishanShanghai writingliterary memory