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Abstract
“Love’s Lone Flower” is a unique article included in the short stories of Bai Xianyong’s “Taipei People”, which combines the two most important themes in Bai Xianyong’s novels —— gay themes and female themes. In the process of literature review, it was found that previous studies on “Love’s Lone Flower” mostly analyzed gender issues and tragic fate. This paper will start with the three female characters A-Liu, Wubao and Juanjuan in the novel “Love’s Lone Flower”, analyze their characters and the sense of struggle consciousness, and then explore the significance of the film through the adaptation of two versions of film and TV series.
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