| dc.description.abstract | As the second generation local writer of Hong Kong, Hsiao-yang Chung established her reputation by her “A Pinwheel Without Wind”. Her works are focused on marriage and love, and seldom on social issues. However, through her writing, we could recognize her literature feeling similar with that of Sansan Group. With characteristic writing, Chung chose the most popular subject matter – love, to reflect the Hong Kong culture in classic yet modern, esthetic yet realistic style. This study aims to explore her concerns over her motherland through detailed writing about love. This paper begins with discussion over the literary environment of Hong Kong, and the influences of the unique and complicated urban features on Chung. Then it explores the origins of her novel creation, including her personal background, perspectives on love, style of writing, and influences of Chinese classic literature, Eileen Chang, and Sansan Group on her writing, and then probes into the characters in the novels, including the influences of parents on children, differences in views on relationship between men and women, so as to discuss the implied meanings conveyed by Chung through those characters, and the motif from perspectives of interpersonal distance, decay and death, and national consciousness. The conclusion generalizes the feature of using delicate and vivid writing to illustrate ruthless reality, flawed marriage, twisted human nature, and eerie style presented in Chung’s novels. The research limitations are also discussed. | en_US |