@article{ART003237769},
author={YOU,JAE-SUNG and Yongtae Lee},
title={A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2025},
number={77},
pages={309-339},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.012}
TY - JOUR
AU - YOU,JAE-SUNG
AU - Yongtae Lee
TI - A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 77
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 309
EP - 339
SN - 1738-0502
AB - Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia (1943–1945) and Lao She’s Teahouse (1957) are literary masterpieces that explore the identity crises faced by individuals and communities amid the upheavals of East Asian modernization. Set against the backdrop of Japanese colonial Taiwan (1895–1945), Orphan of Asia portrays the tragedy of colonial experience through the psychological alienation and cultural hybridity of its protagonist, Hu Taiming. In contrast, Teahouse dramatizes the communal disintegration of semi-colonial China from the late Qing dynasty to the early People’s Republic (1898–1949), centering on the teahouse owner Wang Lifa. This study conducts a comparative analysis of the dialogue, narrative, and literary forms of the two works to examine how identity crises and the tension between tradition and modernization are manifested in colonial and semi-colonial contexts. Drawing on Frantz Fanon’s colonial psychology, Homi K. Bhabha’s cultural hybridity, and Benedict Anderson’s imagined communities, the study elucidates how these works illuminate the universal and particular narratives of modern East Asia. Through this analysis, it aims to deepen the multilayered understanding of East Asian literature and history while reevaluating the scholarly significance of both works.
KW - Orphan of Asia;Teahouse;identity crisis;coloniality;tradition-modernization conflict;East Asian modernity;literary form
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.012
ER -
YOU,JAE-SUNG and Yongtae Lee. (2025). A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 77, 309-339.
YOU,JAE-SUNG and Yongtae Lee. 2025, "A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.77, pp.309-339. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.012
YOU,JAE-SUNG, Yongtae Lee "A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 77 pp.309-339 (2025) : 309.
YOU,JAE-SUNG, Yongtae Lee. A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse. 2025; 77 : 309-339. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.012
YOU,JAE-SUNG and Yongtae Lee. "A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.77(2025) : 309-339.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.012
YOU,JAE-SUNG; Yongtae Lee. A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 77, 309-339. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.012
YOU,JAE-SUNG; Yongtae Lee. A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2025; 77 309-339. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.012
YOU,JAE-SUNG, Yongtae Lee. A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse. 2025; 77 : 309-339. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.012
YOU,JAE-SUNG and Yongtae Lee. "A Comparative Study of Identity Crisis and Historical Context in Wu Zhuoliu’s Orphan of Asia and Lao She’s Teahouse" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.77(2025) : 309-339.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.012
