Abstract
Mo Yan, like Faulkner, developed his own folk mythology, but the interpretation of this ‘mythology’ demonstrates strikingly different cultural implications and a personal style unlike that of Faulkner. Mo Yan’s ‘folk mythology’ clearly parts with that of Faulkner in every aspect, such as theme, form, and intrinsic spirit, and this shift reflects the complexity and distinctiveness of the Chinese progression towards modernity.
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Li, Y. (2023). Mo Yan and William Faulkner: Construction and Interpretation of Folk Mythology. In: Jiang, L. (eds) Hallucinatory Realism in Chinese Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0666-6_14
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