On the Characteristics and Analysis of Children's Narratives in Memories of Peking: South Side Stories

Memories of Peking: South Side Stories is the childhood autobiography of Lin Haiyin, a writer who moved to Taiwan from the mainland, and it is a collection of short stories about growing up and parting. As a prominent representative of Taiwanese women's nostalgic literature, this childhood memoir consists of six parts, in which Yingzi's pure eyes are used to feel the sorrows and joys of the world and experience the bittersweet taste of growing up. This article takes children's point of view as the entry point, discusses the unique narrative art in Memories of Peking: South Side Stories, and analyzes and interprets the work in detail from the perspective of narration, language and emotion. The article firstly analyzes clearly and thoroughly the narrative features of polyphony, restriction and childlike in the book, secondly summarizes the language features of simple and clear narration and innocent childishness, and finally dissects the three similar but differentiated sentiments of sadness contained in the work, namely, the inner experience of women's tragic destiny and irreparable parting from childhood, and the deeper nostalgia caused by the political and spatial isolation.