Grace Lin

• Main Authors: Huang, Jane-shu, 黃絹淑
• Other Authors: Ko, Chun-jung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/jn4233

碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 進修部兒文所碩士班(夜間) === 100 === Grace Lin, a talented writer and illustrator, is the author of the book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon which won the 2010 Newbury Silver Medal Award in the children`s literature category. A Taiwanese American, Lin combines her dual culture background to write stories based on Chinese folk literature she read as a child. In her book, Lin`s illustrations, created with an oriental flavor, bring the stories and the characters to life. Lin takes both the readers and the characters in her stories for adventurous rides in her imaginary world. The book uses a multi-perspective narrative styles to show the relationships among the characters in their adventures. This thesis traces the intertextuality between Lin`s stories and their Chinese folk story to explore how the folk stories influenced her writing. Since, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a work of fantasy, this thesis also studies and tries to identify the fantasized elements Lin uses to create her attractive stories. The study of Chinese American writers and their literature can be, easily on the writers