“自我意识”:通向幸福的必由之路——读谭恩美《喜福会》

Sense of "Self":A Sure Path to Real Happiness——A critical reading of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

长篇小说《喜福会》是美国华裔女作家谭恩美的代表作,于上世纪末出版后即获得很大成功并很快成为学术界研究的热点,评论者角度各异,观点不一。本文以女性主义和文化研究为依托,吸取心理学人格结构理论的研究成果,运用文本细读的批评方法,分析在不同时代与文化背景下,母女两代人在寻求幸福的道路上,自我意识由缺失到觉醒,迷失到重拾的过程,侧重探讨了自我意识与个人幸福之间的关系。

The Joy Luck Club,Chinese-American female writer Amy Tan＇s masterpiece,won great popularity immediately after its publication at the end of the twentieth century and has soon become a hot subject for academic studies home and abroad.Following the principles of Feminism and Cultural Studies,as well as psychological research results in ＂the structure of mind＂,this article analyzes the life stories of mothers and daughters in the novel with regards of their losing and regaining ＂self-consciousness＂ while pursuing happiness in different time and social backgrounds.It focuses on investigating the interrelationship between ＂sense of self＂ and personal happiness.