The Metaphor and Breakthrough of Cinderella Image - on Zhang Ailing’s ‘Love in a Fallen City’ and ‘The First Burning Incense’

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10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_60How to use a DOI?

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Zhang Ailing; Cinderella; Anti-Love

Abstract

This paper takes the female characters of Ge Weilong in Zhang Ailing’s novel “The First Incense” and Bai Liushu in “Love in a Fallen City” as the main research objects, using Propp’s narrative theory, to explore how Zhang Ailing transforms and breaks through the image of Cinderella in fairy tales, thereby revealing the delicate emotions and life trajectory of women in love stories.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tianyi Ma
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/03/28
TI  - The Metaphor and Breakthrough of Cinderella Image - on Zhang Ailing’s ‘Love in a Fallen City’ and ‘The First Burning Incense’
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Social Sciences and Educational Development (ICOSSED 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 616
EP  - 625
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_60
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_60
ID  - Ma2025
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