Under the Red Flag

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"Under the Red Flag" is a collection of short stories by Chinese-American author Ha Jin that portrays life in China during the Cultural Revolution with dark humor and stark realism.

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Label Occurrences
Under the Red Flag canonical 2
Under the Red Flag (title story) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Ha Jin ⓘ
authorNationality Chinese-American ⓘ
awardReceived Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction ⓘ
awardReceivedYear 1996 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
hasPart A Man-to-Be ⓘ
The Bridegroom ⓘ
The Woman from New York ⓘ
Under the Red Flag (title story) ⓘ
linked to: Under the Red Flag
hasTranslation Chinese ⓘ
other languages ⓘ
influencedBy Ha Jin’s experiences in China ⓘ
Maoist political campaigns ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Chinese diaspora literature ⓘ
contemporary American literature ⓘ
literaryStyle dark humor ⓘ
realism ⓘ
mainTheme abuse of power ⓘ
impact of the Cultural Revolution on ordinary people ⓘ
life under political repression ⓘ
moral compromise ⓘ
survival under authoritarianism ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of everyday life during the Cultural Revolution ⓘ
use of irony and dark humor to depict political violence ⓘ
numberOfStories 12 ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1997 ⓘ
originalPublisher University of Georgia Press ⓘ
settingCountry China ⓘ
settingPeriod Cultural Revolution ⓘ
subject Chinese society during the Cultural Revolution ⓘ
ordinary citizens in a totalitarian system ⓘ
political campaigns in Maoist China ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
timeOfNarrative 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
usedIn courses on Chinese history and culture through literature ⓘ
university literature courses on Asian American writing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ha Jin → notableWork → Under the Red Flag ⓘ
Ha Jin → notableWork → Under the Red Flag ⓘ
subject linked to: Jin Xuefei
Under the Red Flag → hasPart → Under the Red Flag (title story) ⓘ
linked to: Under the Red Flag