“Silence” and “Dialogue” from the Perspective of Consumerism: An Interpretation of Liu Yichang’s The Drunkard

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10.2991/978-2-38476-577-5_2How to use a DOI?

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Liu Yichang; Hong Kong Literature; Consumerism; Text Interpretation

Abstract

Modern Hong Kong literature led by Liu Yichang provides new perspective different from that of the mainland literature for Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s, Liu Yichang’s long novels are marked by poetic styles, observing Hong Kong with the eyes of a dispersed person in it, deconstructing the depression, regression and concerns over the decline of serious literature that Hong Kong literature faces in the consumerist era. He expressed individualized feelings through The Drunkard, approaching the relationship entanglement and emotional conflicts with different people and events from the first-person perspective, based on “silence” and “dialogue” with others, he wrote works that are different from his other works full of Hong Kong flavor, demonstrating his efforts for the long-term development of Hong Kong literature in a way that calls for the return of serious literature, and show the stamp of individual’s experience from south.

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AU  - Shuyuan Yang
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DA  - 2026/05/15
TI  - “Silence” and “Dialogue” from the Perspective of Consumerism: An Interpretation of Liu Yichang’s The Drunkard
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2026)
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