Using the Operatic Stage to Showcase the Changing Times and the Vicissitudes of Fate: A Study on The Protagonist by Chen Yan

• Published in: Frontiers of literary studies in China Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 57 - 67
• Main Author: WANG Chunlin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Higher Education Press 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Chen Yan, The Protagonist, epic nature

Chen Yan has emerged as an outstanding novelist thanks to his rich experience in theatrical literature. His latest novel, The Protagonist, focuses on the heroine Yi Qin’e’s forty-year on the stage,and creates a group of characters living in obscurity under the social changes of the times, portraying...