Xiaolu TAO. Chinese Story in American Narrative: An Analysis of Chinese-American Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang’s Graphic Novel Boxers and Saints[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2019,29(6):47-56.
Xiaolu TAO. Chinese Story in American Narrative: An Analysis of Chinese-American Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang’s Graphic Novel Boxers and Saints[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2019,29(6):47-56.DOI:
The graphic novel Boxers and Saints produced by Chinese-American cartoonist Gene Luen Yang has won several prominent rewards and drew lot attention from the American society. So how does this work recount the story of the Boxer Movement? What questions do contemporary Americans try to understand through the Boxer Movement? Based on Joseph W. Esherick’s research of the Boxer Movement
Yang’s graphic novel skillfully harmonized historical facts and fabrication together and tell a Chinese story in a unique perspective to suit the preference of American adolescents. After its publication
the book not only became the bestseller but also been recommended as supplementary reading material for high school and university students. The book was expected to guide American students to understand the historical problems of China
in the meantime to think about the practical problems of America. Therefore
in some sense
Yang’s Magical Realistic graphic novel is a good case of "Chinese story in foreign narrative" for American academic and cartoon field
which deserves the attention and consideration of the domestic peers.