Li Yongdong

College of Liberal Arts, Southwest University

　　Abstract:The horrific Nanjing Massacre is burned into the pages of war history at home and abroad. Many fiction writers have made it their subject, but literary research on the issue is comparatively weak and does not go beyond the analysis of individual works. This makes it desirable to conduct comprehensive research on the Nanjing Massacre in Chinese and overseas fiction from the perspective bet365 games nation-state concept. Chinese, Japanese, overseas Chinese and Western writers have joined in narrating the Nanjing Massacre from different discourse standpoints. Some interpretations bet365 games Japanese forces’ brutality have focused on the terrible slaughter, while others have focused on rape. In terms of writing style, there are two approaches: writing from the eyes bet365 games top brass and from the eyes bet365 games foot soldier. Chinese writers’ narratives bet365 games massacre see it in terms of a calamity that aroused Chinese resistance. Conceptually, they differ in depicting the struggle as involving the nationalism bet365 games whole people, class nationalism, and party political nationalism. Japanese writers’ works include faithful descriptions and historical self-examination, but also engage in the spiritual slaughter bet365 games Chinese people. Western writers and American writers of Chinese origin write fiction imbued with religious feelings and reflections on human nature and life.Their work is however flawed by Eurocentrism; they turn the massacre into a story bet365 games West rescuing China. In recent years, biographies bet365 games prostitutes bet365 games Qinhuai River and works singing the praises of foreign missionaries have been at the forefront of narratives bet365 games Nanjing Massacre. We should take heed of this and reflect on it.

　　Keywords:Nanjing bet365 gamesRape of Nanjing,fiction,nation-state