A Study of Realistic Love View in Love in a Fallen City

Abstract

Love in a Fallen City is an early work by Eileen Chang, written during the war in Hong Kong. The work describes the tug of war in the relationships between Bai Liusu and Fan Liuyuan. It is about love, marriage, and human nature. This paper talks about the realistic love view in Love in a Fallen City in three parts, the love view shown in the work, and the influence of the author’s life experience and the historical background. This paper adds research about why the author’s writing style is different from mainstream research about the character image analysis of the work and the comparison between works. The author believes that the love view expressed by Eileen Chang in her works has realistic and sad colors. Eileen Chang uses the detailed portrayal of the protagonist’s inner thoughts and behaviors to echo real life. The seemingly happy ending also implies the sadness of the couple’s Superficial harmony and spiritual separation. At the same time, the content of the work is closely related to the author’s own experience. Eileen Chang incorporated her own experiences and the background of the war when creating the protagonist’s experience, which makes the content and style of her work extremely realistic. Therefore, it has become one of Eileen Chang’s most popular works.