Chen Ruoxi

Please analyze CHEN RUOXI’S two texts. No outside resources. Chen Ruoxi’s stories are written in plain, undistorted, direct and seemingly “simple language.” At the same time, however, the stories are filled with instances of irony. The voice and situation of the narrator often contributes to this irony, by foregrounding moral dilemmas the narrator must face. Identify instances in the stories in which this irony comes to the foreground, and helps to illuminate the absurdity of the situations in which people find themselves. What is the effect of this kind of irony? What is the effect of Chen Ruoxi’s direct and straight-forward style of narration?
you will write a response paper of exactly two pages double spaced in which you present a critical-analytical response to a theme, concept or particular text in your reading. Also called a précis, this is an opportunity for you to write a brief, clearly-focused short paper to present a well thought-out, structured argument in concise style. You may choose to focus on any one of the primary sources (including films) or secondary sources we have read in this course, read that text carefully and then create a close reading of that text or the ideas contained within it. In your discussion, you may choose to focus on the content of the text and/or the literary-cinematic technique(s) the writer or film-maker chose to create the text. You may give substantiating evidence from the text, but you will have to choose carefully and keep quotes brief, since this is an exercise in clear and concise writing. When submitting your paper, be sure to include your name at the top, and to give your paper a title.
Your paper will be evaluated according to three criteria:
1. The quality and substance of your analytical discussion
2. The level of engagement with and citation of the text you are discussing
3. The organization, structure, clarity and style of your essay