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IJLLL 2024 Vol.10(1): 103-107
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2024.10.1.494

Narrative Continuity and Natural Collective: Minimalism in Winter Recipes from the Collective

Xinya Hu
International Studies University, Shanghai, China
Email: huxinya18833986326@163.com, xinya_hu@shisu.edu.cn

Manuscript received August 11, 2023; revised October 17, 2023; accepted November 30, 2023; published February 25, 2024

Abstract—Existing reviews mainly regard pessimism as the accordatura of Winter Recipes from the Collective due to its leaping narrative and metaphorical imagery. This essay aims to reexamine it from the perspective of minimalism, arguing that what is hidden behind the seemingly pessimistic confession is the continuity of narrative and the emphasis on the collective as a polysemant, referring to society, nature, and the universe. The study finds that formal minimalism is demonstrated in the uncertain narrator, unbinding narrative time, and the form of book-length sequence, forming the continuity of the narrative. The minimalist images of moss, Bonsai, and Zhu Da’s painting further realize the thematic minimalism. Confronted with the physical and spiritual plight in the post-pandemic era, the poem indicates the indispensability of the collective, as the society to the individual, nature to a pine, and the universe to the particular, serving as the essence of winter recipes.

Keywords—Louise Glück, minimalism, Winter Recipes from the Collective, collective

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Cite:Xinya Hu, "Narrative Continuity and Natural Collective: Minimalism in Winter Recipes from the Collective," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 103-107, 2024.

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