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BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS - DAI SIJIE (CONTEXT (communist…
BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS - DAI SIJIE
Coming of Age & Love
homoerotic relationship between Luo and MC
objectification of the seamstress
Escapism & Imagination
cigarettes
MC's violin
Transformative Power of Storytelling
"the influence of literature is universal"
Seamstress transformation
physical transformation
learns she can become more than just a "mountain girl"
was she truly "transformed"?
CONTEXT
communist china
1970s
Chairman Mao
Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
reasons for reeducation seemed unclear, makes it unjustified
originally written in french
balzac
realist writer
a womans beauty is her greatest treasure
