语言就是力量——从《女勇士》看一位华裔美国女性的身份寻求

Language Is Power——An Analysis of a Chinese-American Woman's Identity Quest in The Woman Warrior

本文通过分析著名华裔美国女作家汤亭亭的自传体小说《女勇士》中对作者的成长有重要影响的五个女人的故事,指出了语言在作者自我身份寻求的过程中所起的关键作用,得出了华裔女性必须要与华人在美国社会的失语症以及女性在华裔社会的失语症做斗争的结论。

By analyzing the stories of five women who have had impact on the author＇ s life in The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston, a famous Chinese-American woman writer, this article points out that language plays a critical role in her identity quest and it concludes that Chinese-American women must combat the cultural silencing of Chinese in American society and the gendered silencing of women in Chinese society.