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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (Book Analysis)

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

978280627056664EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including Communism, culture and reading. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 64-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Dai Sijie Presentation of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Summary of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Character study The narrator Luo The Little Seamstress Four-Eyes The village headman Analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Historical context: the Cultural Revolution Between autobiography and fiction Fiction that complements reality The paradoxes of reeducation The importance of culture About Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress was first published in 2000. It tells the story of the narrator and his friend Luo, who have been sent to a small village in the mountains called Phoenix of the Sky, where they are supposed to be reeducated by the poor peasants who live there. This is where they meet the Little Seamstress. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is Sijie's first novel. It was inspired by his childhood; his parents were imprisoned during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and he was sent to a rehabilitation camp in the mountains. He adapted his novel for the cinema in 2002. About Dai Sijie Dai Sijie was born in China in 1954, but he has lived in France since 1984. He studied History of Art at Peking University shortly after the end of the Cultural Revolution. He is a filmmaker as well as a novelist; he won the Jean Vigo Prize for his first feature-length film, China, My Sorrow, and his film The Chinese Botanist’s Daughters was also met with widespread critical acclaim.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including Communism, culture and reading. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 64-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Dai Sijie Presentation of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Summary of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Character study The narrator Luo The Little Seamstress Four-Eyes The village headman Analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Historical context: the Cultural Revolution Between autobiography and fiction Fiction that complements reality The paradoxes of reeducation The importance of culture About Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress was first published in 2000. It tells the story of the narrator and his friend Luo, who have been sent to a small village in the mountains called Phoenix of the Sky, where they are supposed to be reeducated by the poor peasants who live there. This is where they meet the Little Seamstress. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is Sijie's first novel. It was inspired by his childhood; his parents were imprisoned during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and he was sent to a rehabilitation camp in the mountains. He adapted his novel for the cinema in 2002. About Dai Sijie Dai Sijie was born in China in 1954, but he has lived in France since 1984. He studied History of Art at Peking University shortly after the end of the Cultural Revolution. He is a filmmaker as well as a novelist; he won the Jean Vigo Prize for his first feature-length film, China, My Sorrow, and his film The Chinese Botanist’s Daughters was also met with widespread critical acclaim.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including Communism, culture and reading. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 64-page reading guide is...
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including Communism, culture and reading. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 64-page reading guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of Dai Sijie
  • Presentation of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
  • Summary of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
  • Character study
    • The narrator
    • Luo
    • The Little Seamstress
    • Four-Eyes
    • The village headman
  • Analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
    • Historical context: the Cultural Revolution
    • Between autobiography and fiction
    • Fiction that complements reality
    • The paradoxes of reeducation
    • The importance of culture

About Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress was first published in 2000. It tells the story of the narrator and his friend Luo, who have been sent to a small village in the mountains called Phoenix of the Sky, where they are supposed to be reeducated by the poor peasants who live there. This is where they meet the Little Seamstress.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is Sijie’s first novel. It was inspired by his childhood; his parents were imprisoned during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and he was sent to a rehabilitation camp in the mountains. He adapted his novel for the cinema in 2002.

About Dai Sijie

Dai Sijie was born in China in 1954, but he has lived in France since 1984. He studied History of Art at Peking University shortly after the end of the Cultural Revolution. He is a filmmaker as well as a novelist; he won the Jean Vigo Prize for his first feature-length film, China, My Sorrow, and his film The Chinese Botanist’s Daughters was also met with widespread critical acclaim.

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