Asian Literature

The connection between tradition and modernity in China has been a subject of historical and literary studies. The relationship has been evolving beyond the conventional lethargy giving historians and literary scholars an avenue of delving into the realm of tradition in order to understand the lived experiences of the people substantively. This paper will focus on the way in which Shanghai and Beijing have become modes of imaging the cultural authenticity in china by creating different meanings...

The Good Earth is a novel written by Pearl S. Buck, an award winning American writer who spent majority of her life in China, which illustrates family life in a Chinese Village before the 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution. The novel, which won Pearl S. Buck the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in the early 30s, has a poignant and realistic portrayal of a poor farmers life and his bond with the land he is cultivating. It depicts rural China and the lifestyle of an average Chinese peasants in the early...

Food plays a very important role in the development of civilizations and cultures.  The cultures that were able to come up with abundant food supply were able to raise large populations that aided in them being able to control large empires.  The less sufficient populations were easily conquered by the others.  It is clear that food played an important role in all of this.  Yet, as the world turns, there is less and less emphases being placed on being able to control food supply...