谭恩美作品中的幽灵创作元素

The ghost element in Amy Tan’s novels

美国华裔作家谭恩美的小说中常常出现鬼怪幽灵等相关的故事,而在小说中讲述这些故事的主体通常是母亲。她们为了在美国寻求生活中的安全感在一定的传统基础上讲述与创造出了很多幽灵故事,但是这些创作元素是中国母亲对于中国文化与神话的解码,这也体现她们在精神上寻求认同的痕迹。

There are many ghost stories in American Chinese writer Amy Tan＇s novels, which are usually told by the mothers. The story telling by the mothers are seen as a way for them to seek safety and identity in America. The reinterpretation of the traditional Chinese myth is regarded as the trace for the mothers to strike a responsive chord in the hearts of its readers.