Dissolving silence and resisting despair: a study on the “botanization” of women in Han Kang’s The Fruit of My Woman and The Vegetarian

Xiaoyu Wang

doi:10.54254/2753-7080/2025.25735

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Received: 30 July 2025

Published: 8 August 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7080/2025.25735

Article Type: Research Article

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Wang,X. (2025). Dissolving silence and resisting despair: a study on the “botanization” of women in Han Kang’s The Fruit of My Woman and The Vegetarian. Advances in Humanities Research,12(5),51-57.

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