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This article from the perspective of the modern chinese history, group memory and the subaltern pays attention in the wok of Yan Ge-ling(嚴歌苓) to show the image of women, as well as reflect the profound humanistic solicitude and feminist perspectives. In Yan Ge-ling’s novel <The Flowers Of War(金陵十三釵)>, it provides great tension that the contradiction and conflict of humanity are displayed between the background of the Great War and the destiny ups and downs of a group of small characters. Facing the suffering history of the nation, facing the trauma memory and narrative for trauma “salvation” have endowed the novel much thought-provoking connotation. Yan Ge-ling, as a New emmigant writer, contiued to focus on the Rape of Nanjing in her work 『The Flowers Of War』. Because of distance of space and time, plus the expansion and deepering of her special view and thinking offered by emmigant life. Yan Ge-ling deliberately reduced those bloody disclosure of War suffering in her writing about the Rape of Nanjing, yet she paid more attention to the show and analysis of humanity. As a result of this work is the Nanjing Massacre in China and the nation’s collective memory of the traumatic memories of individuals show the inside. These new memories and testimonies about the history of the past through the present and future authors wish to crave liberation and peace is very unique narrative approach can be considered. This means that a variety of artists and cultural background based on character shape in addition to imaginative trauma of war, the fate of the country and the nation, for the life and death of individual consciousness to show meaningfully.

Yan Ge-ling, The Flowers Of War, The Rape of Nanking, Meorry of History, Subaltern