Wang Zengqi’s “Hidden Trauma” and “Poetic Suffering” from The Perspective of Children

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10.2991/978-2-38476-541-6_20How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Wang Zengqi’s novels; Children’s perspective; Poetic; Suffering writing

Abstract

Wang Zengqi’s novels are widely used in educational textbooks and people’s daily cultural life because they are close to life and have a simple style of writing. There are not only local customs containing the beauty of tradition, but also the trauma and pain hidden in daily life. Researchers have found that there has been significant progress in the study of suffering in Wang Zengqi’s novels, but the study of suffering from the perspective of children is still lacking of unified induction and interpretation. Therefore, this paper focuses on the concealment and poeticization of suffering and trauma from the perspective of children in Wang Zengqi’s novels. From this point of view, this paper will explore his suffering writing from three aspects: the trauma concealment technique, the poetic path and the poetic narrative paradox in his specific works. Finally, it summarizes the essence of Wang Zengqi’s good use of children’s perspective, reconstructs the value of human nature through childlike innocence, and provides a new scheme for writing suffering.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaoya Zhou
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/02/26
TI  - Wang Zengqi’s “Hidden Trauma” and “Poetic Suffering” from The Perspective of Children
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 5th International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 165
EP  - 174
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-541-6_20
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