美国华裔文学作品中的男性形象嬗变

On the Transmutation of Male Characters from Chinese-American Literature Works

作为美国少数族裔的一个重要组成部分,美国华裔的文学创作成功跨越了两个世纪,并在20世纪90年代达到顶峰。21世纪以来,华裔文学创作数量和质量再创新高,呈现出百花齐放的繁荣景象。通过对比分析伍绮诗(Celeste Ng)作品《无声告白》(Everything I Never Told You)中詹姆斯·李与20世纪华裔文学作品中的经典男性形象,能够对华裔文学男性形象的变化得到新的阐释。

As part of the American ethnic minorities,Chinese Americans have developed their literature since last century,reaching its peak around 1990s.The quantity and quality have both reached a new height ever since the new millennium and have become prosperous in all aspects.The male characters from Chinese-American literature works of the new millennium are distinctively different from those of last century in that they no longer function as symbols of“yellow disaster”or foil of white people.The change of characters can be revealed by not only their occupations and values but by their recognition of cultural identity.An contrastive analysis of the characters of James Lee from Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng and other classic characters of literature works from the last century offers the audience a new understanding of the change in male characters from Chinese-American literature works.