On Chen Qian's Fictions

Answer 1

Chen Qian's novel creation had a unique meaning and style.

Thematically, her writing transcended the path of identity confirmation, cultural identification, and other scattered experiences that were common in immigration writing. She asked about self-construction and spiritual exploration beyond the conflict of different cultures from an equal perspective, faced the deep dilemma of human survival and the efforts to break through the dilemma, and turned from focusing on "what" to "why". She wrote around the challenging theme of the hero and heroine suffering from psychological trauma in a foreign land but trying to break through the predicament and start a new life. Although she claimed that she did not write around this theme in a planned way, but rather a subconscious behavior, it was closely related to her view of the novel that paid attention to the plight of human survival.

From a creative perspective, unlike many writers who wrote about overseas life, she didn't focus on describing the life situations of the characters, such as their struggles and successes or their failures after success. Instead, she focused on writing about the characters 'mental journey. For example, her debut novel, Love in Loveless Silicon Valley, turned to the discussion of the character's spiritual and spiritual predicament after the character got rid of the material predicament.

In terms of creative philosophy, she believed that in the era of global networks, there was no shortage of stories. It was difficult to obtain deep spiritual satisfaction by writing good stories, so her novels paid more attention to people's hearts. This was related to her interest in psychology. She felt that the world was colorful because of the different ways people's psychology differed.

Her novels included short and medium-length stories such as "Overturned Water","Remnant Snow","How to Say Love","The Happiness of Fish","The Story of a Beauty","Watching a Bird Fly","Teresa's Rogue","Looking at the Flying Goose in the South", and the novel "Love in the Loveless Silicon Valley". Among them, Teresa's Rogue was ranked on the 2008 Chinese Fictional Literature Ranking List by the China Fictional Association, Gazing at the Flying Goose in the South won the 2010 Moutai Cup People's Literature Award, and Fanzhi won the 2012 Moutai Cup People's Literature Award.
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