... that is arranged by the writer engenders the gap between the book and the readers. Keywords: Vulgarity postmodern readerly writerly The Woman Warrior is a book written by the great contemporary Chinese American woman writer Maxine Hong Kingston. It has not only become the milestone in the history of Asian American literature, but also become one indispensable part of American literature ... cannot attract the favorable attention from some of the ordinary American readers. It is quite natural as every great writer in literary history. Their work is usually incompatible to the contemporar...

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... of relationships among women. According to Sherry Lee Linkon, Animal Dreams has a main theme of the importance of women's relationships with each other and states how several other women authors with a contemporary writing style have dealt with connections and trials between women in their own works of fiction (3). In Animal Dreams, Codi Noline has strong relationships with many women. Codi and her ... ...

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The short story First Confession is about a problem, which is very relevant to be occupied with in our contemporary society. It gives an evidently picture of the situation, most families more or less would end up in, if a grandmother suddenly moved in. In this story the grandmother does not ... the majority of the population in Ireland are Catholics, and therefore it would be a naturally place to set the story. Secondly Frank O"Connor is one of the well-known Irish authors, and the story can very well be a incident from his own life and native country. The story is probably set in newer time...

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