Disappearing Moon Café.pptVIP

Disappearing Moon Café Major Issues Outline Time Line vs. Plot Lines: Kae’s role in them. Mother-Daughter Relationships The Novel Historiographical Metafiction as Kunstlerinroman -- Kae -- a Writer as a Young Woman Time Line vs. Plot Line 1892: the beginning of the retrieval of bones, meeting Kelora Chen-- (1894 the famine– ) (Prologue and Epilogue) 1924: (1) Mui Lan vs. Fong Mei;? Janet Smith; argument about JS bill? 1926? two babies: Keeman and Beatrice 1932 Tin An’s leaving 1938: Beatrice sent to Hong Kong to study 1939: Gwei Chang old and dreaming; reunion with Lee Chong 1942? Ting An dies 1949 Morgan knows Sue 1950 Sue talks to her sister about her pregnancy 1951 Sues death and Kaes birth 1962 Fong Meis death 1967 Morgan; 1968 drunk 1971 (1)? K metting Hermia in Peking, wanting? legitimate, traditional, conventional family ties? 1986 (1) Kae Ying birthing 1987 telegram to Kae Ying Time Line vs. Plot Line 1. Prologue--Searches for the Bones; 1892 [Kae Ying Woo] Waiting for Enlightment (1986)? Mui Lan‘ 1924 ? her early life ? Hermia 1971 ? Fong Mei’s letters 1919 --Fong Mei and Ting An 1924 Ties Overseas--A Ticket In -arrangements to have a son 1924; Kae 1986 ? Morgan 1967 --search for history around the time of 1924-25 [Janet Smith] Triangles –1925 Fong Mei --Mui Lan-- Choy Fuk; Choy -Fuk -- Song Ann; Fong Mei-- Ting An Ties to the Land--A Ticket Out? Kae 1986 job and child care ? Seto Chi ? Babies 1926 (Chi’s story? Morgan’s) ? Story 1926 ? Hermia 1971 ? Beatrice 1939 ? Beatrice and Keeman 1946 ? Fong Mei (? 1926 pregnancy) ? Keeman’s discussion with her mother Identity Crisis– 1968 Morgan? 1949 M and Sue (168)? 1950 Mui Lan’s departure ? 1950 Sue ? Kae 1968 (Chi’s story about Suzie) Time Line vs. Plot Line The Writer—1986 ? Fong Mei’s sex ? 1986 criticizes her own language 184;? I, the resolution, give the story some sense of purpose 209; creation not aborted 215 The Suicide – 1951 Suzies perspective before the suicide ? 1986