12 Dec 2023
Literary works of MA in Creative Writing students published
The literary works of a graduate and a student from the Master of Arts in Creative Writing programme were recently published in different channels. Fresh graduate Jiang Feng's experimental novel Hushtopia (噓托邦) was published in October 2023. It tells of an explorer who dies when trying to escape from a palace that he has mistakenly entered in the desert. His experience then attracts others to visit the desert and start their adventures. In the story, Jiang Feng adopts various cultural elements including Chinese classics such as the Yijing, Shijing, Book of Han, Journey to the West and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, as well as the paintings of Manet, Caravaggio, Odilon Redon and Anselm Kiefer to reproduce the aura of classical art....