论文论《喜福会》女性主义的显现Word格式文档下载.docx

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再次，她们还是西方世界中的中国女性。

深受三重身份压迫之苦的女性争得发言权，描述中美文化差异所造成的母女之间迥异的奋斗之路。

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《喜福会》；

母女；

命运论；

女性觉醒；

奋斗

TableofContents

Abstracti

摘要ii

1.Introduction1

1.1IntroductionofAmyTan1

1.2OverviewofTheJoyLuckClub1

1.3LiteratureReview2

2.FemaleStrugglingexperienceinTheJoyLuckClub4

2.1IntroductionofFeminism4

2.2Mothersexperience4

2.2.1SuyuanWoo'

sstory4

2.2.2An-meiHsu'

2.2.3Lindo'

sstory5

2.2.4Ying-ying'

sstory6

2.3Daughtersexperience6

2.3.1Jing-meiWoo6

2.3.2RoseHsuJordan6

2.3.3LenaSt.Clair7

3.TheReasonandEmbodimentsofFemaleStruggling8

3.1TheMainReasonfortheDifferentExperienceofStruggle8

3.2DifferentEmbodimentsofStruggle9

3.2.1FamilyConcept9

3.2.2Values9

4.Conclusion11

References12

Acknowledgements13

1.Introduction

1.1IntroductionofAmyTan

AmyTanwasborninOakland,California,in1952,whoseworksexploremother-daughterrelationships.Herparents,bothareChineseimmigrants,eventuallysettlinginSantaClara.WhenTanwasinherearlyteens,herfatherandoneofherbrothersdiedofabraintumorwithinmonthsofeachother.Duringthisperiod,TanlearnedthathermotherhadbeenmarriedbeforeinChina.Tan'

smotherhaddivorcedherfirsthusband,whohadbeenabusive,andhadfledChinain1949.Sheleftbehindthreedaughters,whomshewouldnotseeagainfornearlyfortyyears.

Afterlosingherhusbandandson,Tan'

smothermovedherfamilytoSwitzerland,whereTanfinishedhighschool.Duringthreeyears,motheranddaughterarguedaboutTan'

scollegeandcareerplans.TaneventuallyfollowedherboyfriendtoSanJoseCityCollege,wheresheearnedabachelor'

sandamaster'

sdegreeinEnglishandlinguistics,despitehermother'

swishthatshestudymedicine.

AfterTanmarriedherboyfriend,LouisDeMattei,shebegantopursueaPh.D.inlinguistics.Shelaterabandonedtheprograminordertoworkwithdevelopmentallydisabledchildren.Thenshebecameafreelancebusinesswriter.Althoughshewassuccessful,shefoundwritingforcorporateexecutivesdissatisfied.Shebegantowritefictionasacreativerelease.

Meanwhile,Tan'

smotherwassufferingfromaseriousillness,andTanresolvedtotakeatriptoChinawithhermotherifsherecovered.In1987,afterhermotherreturnedtohealth,theytraveledtoChina,whereTan'

smotherwasreunitedwithherdaughtersandmetherhalf-sisters.ThetripprovidedTanwithafreshperspectiveonhermother,anditservedasthekeyinspirationforherfirstbook,TheJoyLuckClub.Soonafteritspublicationin1989,TheJoyLuckClubgarneredenthusiasticreviews,remainingontheNewYorkTimesbest-sellerlistformanymonths.ItwonboththeNationalBookAwardandtheL.A.TimesBookAwardin1989.

Tanhaswrittenseveralotherbestsellingnovels,includingTheKitchenGod'

sWife,TheHundredSecretSenses,TheBonesetter'

sDaughterandSavingFishFromDrowning.Shealsowroteacollectionofnon-fictionessaysentitledTheOppositeofFate:

ABookofMusings.AndhermostrecentnovelSavingFishFromDrowning.Inadditiontothese,Tanhaswrittentwochildren'

sbooks:

TheMoonLady（1992）andSagwa,theChineseSiameseCat（1994）,whichwasturnedintoananimatedseriesairingonPBS.ShealsoappearedonPBSinashortspotencouragingchildrentowrite.

1.2OverviewofTheJoyLuckClub

AndthethemeofTheJoyLuckClubfocusesonthemanifestationoffeminism.HowtheChinese-Americanwomanstrugglefortheirliveswithaverycomplexidentities?

Firstly,theyareChineseinthewesterncountry;

then,theyarethewomenofeasternmaleworld;

furthermore,theyareChinesewomeninthewesternworld.Describingthestruggleofthewomeneventhoughthemothersanddaughterseffectedbydifferentculture.TheJoyLuckClubisaChineseAmericanwriterAmyTan'

sfirstnovel,isalsofamousforher,thatispublishedsuccess,thenhadconsecutivetopeight"

NewYorkTimes"

bestsellerlistsandsoonadaptedintofilmsbythesamename,far-reachinginfluence.ThisbookistheUnitedStatesin1989,oneofthefourbestsellingbooks,haswonnumerousawards.

TheJoyLuckClubcontainssixteeninterconnectedstoriesaboutconflictsbetweenChineseimmigrantmothersandtheirAmerican-raiseddaughters.In1949,thefourimmigrantsmetattheFirstChineseBaptistChurchinSanFranciscoandagreedtocontinuetomeettoplayMahjong.TheycalledtheirMahjonggroup—TheJoyluckClub,formedinChinabyoneofthemothers—SuyuanWoo,inordertoliftherfriends'

spiritsanddistractthemfromtheirproblemsduringtheJapaneseinvasion.Andthenoveliscomposedoffoursections,eachofwhichcontainsfourseparatenarratives.Inthefirstfourstoriesofthebook,themothers,speakingonebyone,recalltheirexperienceinChinaandtheirrelationshipswiththeirownmothers.Inthesecondsection,thesedaughters—Waverly,Jing-mei,Lena,andRose—relatetheirrecollectionsoftheirchildhoodrelationshipswiththeirmothers.Inthethirdgroupofstories,thefourdaughtersnarratetheiradultdilemmas—troublesinmarriageandwiththeircareers.Althoughtheybelievethattheirmothers'

antiquatedideasdonotrelevanttotheirownveryAmericanlifestyles,theirsearchforsolutionsinevitablybringsthembacktotheirrelationshipswiththeoldergeneration.Inthefinalgroupofstories,themothersstruggletooffersolutionsandsupporttotheirdaughters,intheprocesslearningmoreaboutthemselves.ThenovelendsthescenethattheprotagonistJingmeiWoofindshereldersistersinShanghaiwhomhermotherlostinChinawhensheleftforAmericain1949andthentheyallmurmurtheirdeadmother"

Mama,Mama."

Underthissituation,theauthordescribes"

IlookattheirfacesagainandIseenotraceofmymotherinthem.Yettheystilllookfamiliar.AndnowIseewhatpartofmeisChinese.Itissoobvious.Itismyfamily.Itisinourblood."

（Tan,1989:

287）

1.3LiteratureReview

In1989,ChineseAmericanwriterAmyTanpublishedherfirstnovelTheJoyLuckClub,boththereadingpublicandcriticslovedTheJoyLuckClub,andshewonanumberofnationalawards.In1994,TheJoyLuckClubwassuccessfullyadaptedtomovie,andhasbeentranslatedinto20languagesincludingChinese,andwidelycirculated.Inthepasttwodecades,becamefamousathomeandabroad,therearemanyresearchresults,mixed.AftersortingoutcanfindthatWesternacademicsareconcentratedontheinterpretationoftheirrace,gender,identity,class,nationalismandotheraspectsofmeaning.

TheJoyLuckClubacclaimingforhighlypraise,mostlyconcentratedontheanalysisofthethemesandcontent.ItisthemainattitudeofChineseandforeignacademics.In1989,manybrilliantreviewsbegantoappearinTime,Newsweek,NewYork,NewYorkTimesBookReview,LosAngelesTimes,WashingtonPostandothermajorU.S.media.ThisfullyshowsthatmanywhiteAmericancriticsimpressedbytheobscure,bizarre,mysteriousofChinaandtheChinesepeopledescribinginTheJoyLuckClub,thenovelhasgainedtheAmericanmainstreamwhitesociety'

sconcernandacceptance.

Afterthe1990s,AmyLing（1990）,MarinaHeung（1993）,WalterShear（1993）,BenXu（1994）,StephenSouris（1994）,ZenobinMistri（1998）,PatriciaL.Hamilton（1999）,AlisonGee（2001）andZengLi（2002）,CuiWansheng（1997）,Xiaohong（1998）,LuWei（2000）,TingtingChen（2006）,andmanyUnitedStatescommentatorshaveyetapprovinglycommentTheJoyLuckClub.TheyconsideredthatAmyTaninheritanceandcarryforwardtheChinese-Americanliterarytraditionabouttheancient,familyrelationshipsandculturalconflict,atthesametime,shealsorejectedtheoldstereotypesabouttheimageofChinesewomen,developingtheblendofChineseandwesternthought.

Thedomesticresearchfocusedontext-basedanalysisofconflictandidentityissues,tendingtotheworksofculturalandpoliticalcriticisminsteadofaestheticcriticism.ChineseacademiccommunitybegantostudyTheJoyLuckClubin1994.Researchpaperofculturalexplorationcanbedividedintotwotypes:

traditionalChineseculture,suchasReadingAmyTan（TheJoyLuckClub）intheChinesemahjong"

（RuihuaZhang,2001）,anddiscussionaboutculturalconflict,culturalintegration,suchasSino-USConflictandFusion:

（TheJoyLuckClub）CulturalInterpretation（AiminCheng,RuihuaZhang,2001）;

politicalcriticismoftheresearchcanbedividedintopost-colonialculturalidentitycriticismsuchasEdgeoftheCultureandtheTheJoyLuckClub（KeKe,1999）andtheperspectiveoffeministconsciousness,suchasFromthepost-colonialandfeministliterarycriticismperspectivewithAmyTan（TheJoyLuckClub）（SunGang,2008）.

Thisthesisisbasedontheoriginalstudyoffeministperspective,combiningwiththethemeofculturalconflictandintegration.StudytheconflictandfusionofthefeminisminTheJoyLuckClubunderdifferentculturalbackground,focusingonstruggleofwomen,feministawakening,analysingthetirelesseffortsandstruggleofthetwogenerationsinordertochangetheirfate.ThoughthefeministinterpretationofTheJoyLuckClub,Ihopereaderscangetainsightintothedifficultiesandsetbacksofwomen,especiallyforChinese-AmericanwomenintheprocessofintegrationintomainstreamAmericansociety.Aboveall,arouseawarenessonwomenissues,sothatwomennolongerbesilent,havingthecouragetofightfortheirrights,theirvoicescanbeheardbymorepeople.