美国华裔女性文学中的男权中国形象——以汤亭亭、谭恩美作品为例

The Patriarchal Image of China in American Chinese Women’s Literature--A Case Study of the Works by Kingston and Amy Tan

作为美国华裔文学的重要创作群体,美国华裔女性作家以女性独特的视角创作了大量极富文学价值的作品。从比较文学形象学出发,以汤亭亭、谭恩美的两部作品《女勇士》和《喜福会》作为研究对象,分析她们笔下所呈现的男权制中国形象,进而揭示出她们书写男权制中国形象的背后原因,指出美国华裔女性作家对中国形象塑造的贡献与局限性。

As the important creative group of Chinese American literature,Chinese American women writers have created,with their unique female perspective,a large number of works with great literary value.Based on the imagology of comparative literarature,this article selects two important works by Kingston and Amy Tan,The Woman Warrior and The Joy Luck Club,as the target for discussion,analyzes the patriarchal image of China presented in their works.The paper further reveals the reason of the patriarchal image hidden in their writing,and points out Chinese American women writers’ contribution as well as the limitation to the shaping of the image of China.