Female protagonists in short stories by Mu Shiying

Mu Shiying was one of the prominent representatives of the New Sensationist group active in Shanghai during the twenties and thirties of the last century. The authors of this group were heavily influenced by the same named movement in Japan. Mu Shiying's short stories reflect the speed, chaos and superficiality of urban life. The stories often focus on the relationship between the male and female characters which usually has only a superficial character, lasting for a single night. This thesis represents a literary analysis of the female characters in Mu Shiying's short stories collect Gongmu from nineteen thirty-three. The primary emphasis is placed on the analysis of the characteristics of women in relation to space, time and the names the female characters themselves. The thesis also considers a possible typology of female figures emerging in the twenties