Projection of Excluded History in Mo Yan’s Red Sorghum
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Abstract
This research entitled “Projection of Excluded History in Mo Yan’s Red
Sorghum” examines the contribution of neglected and sidelined people who fought
against Japanese invasion in China. The novel concentrates on its central character,
Yu Zhan’ao, whose thought, behavior and life in totality reflect how even a bandit
contributed for the sake of motherland, inspired by his wife Dai. The struggle made
by the bandits and women during the Sino-Japanese War was quite pervasive; yet, it
was sidelined by the mainstream history of China. As the novel depicts, the
protagonists are engulfed in a terrible impasse, conditioned by both external and
internal circumstances and compelled to be united for the sake of their identity.
So, with the help of the notion of genealogical history of Michel Foucault, the
present dissertation digs out buried and marginalized people’s contribution in
making the real Chinese history. Thus, the outcome of the work proves Mo Yan’s
Red Sorghum as a counter historical work of art in Chinese literature.