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oapen-20.500.12657-628542024-03-28T08:18:48Z Chapter Writing for the wor(l)ds: the reflection on language in Yiyun Li’s literary production Prosperi, Martina Renata Yiyun Li World Literature Sinophone Studies Exophony Jacques Lacan thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies Yiyun Li, b. 1972, moved from Beijing to the US in 1996, where she soon realized to be a talented writer. Although her early works, including the collections of short stories A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2005) and Gold Boy, Emerald Girl (2010), and the novels The Vagrants (2009) and Kinder Than Solitude (2014), still privileged Chinese settings and characters, after the publication of her memoir Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life (2017) the literary landscape depicted by Li was amplified with autobiographical anecdotes and reflections on literature, human relations and language. Building upon psychoanalytical hints, this article offers a close reading of Where Reasons End (2019) and Must I Go (2020), reflecting on Li’s literature from a global perspective, and arguing that her contribution to world literature lies in her bold dissociation from any conventional, crystallized and thus imprisoning use of language. 2023-05-01T13:46:59Z 2023-05-01T13:46:59Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20230501_9791221500684_270 2704-5919 9791221500684 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62854 eng Studi e saggi application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International chapter-37268.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/979-12-215-0068-4_14 Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0068-4.14 10.36253/979-12-215-0068-4.14 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9791221500684 248 16 Florence open access
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Yiyun Li, b. 1972, moved from Beijing to the US in 1996, where she soon realized to be a talented writer. Although her early works, including the collections of short stories A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2005) and Gold Boy, Emerald Girl (2010), and the novels The Vagrants (2009) and Kinder Than Solitude (2014), still privileged Chinese settings and characters, after the publication of her memoir Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life (2017) the literary landscape depicted by Li was amplified with autobiographical anecdotes and reflections on literature, human relations and language. Building upon psychoanalytical hints, this article offers a close reading of Where Reasons End (2019) and Must I Go (2020), reflecting on Li’s literature from a global perspective, and arguing that her contribution to world literature lies in her bold dissociation from any conventional, crystallized and thus imprisoning use of language.
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