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Tag Archives: close reading
How Suspense is Created in Grace Chan’s “Of Hunger and Fury” (2020)
by Benedikt von Laufenberg In this blog post, I want to discuss Grace Chan’s short story “Of Hunger and Fury“ (2020) by focussing on three different aspects. First, it should be illustrated how the village in which the mysterious incidents … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, close reading, ghost story, Grace Chan, Malaysia, Of Hunger and Fury, short story, Speculative Australia
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Dichotomy in “The Fall of the Jade Sword” and the reflection of hybrid identity experiences
Introductory notes Hybrid identities often live in worlds full of dualities, worlds full of contrasts and opposites. Stephanie Lai’s short story The Fall of the Jade Sword (2017) tells the story of young Mok- Seung who spent her childhood in China but … Continue reading