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Bălan, Ioana Cătălina (2023)

Zheng Tufei and "The Coconuts". Revolution, Coolies, and Heartbreaks in Nanyang

Research master thesis | Asian Studies (research) (MA)

The thesis aims at situating "The Coconuts", one of the first Sino-Indonesian Chinese language works of fiction published in book form, by Zheng Tufei, in the history of Indonesian and Chinese literature, by analyzing the main themes approached, the typologies of characters, the language and style, and the ideas promoted, in comparison with different bodies of literature (Malay, Indonesian, Sino-Malay, Sinophone, Chinese). The thesis also makes an account of all the biographical and bibliographocal data about Zheng Tufei available so far.

Sino-Indonesian literature

Sinophone literature

Nanyang

Dutch East Indies

colonialism

coolie migration

Author

Bălan, Ioana Cătălina

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Supervisors

Arps, B.

ECTS Credits

25

Language

en