从东方主义视角解读汤亭亭作品中的华人形象

An Oriental Study on Chinese Images in Maxine Hong Kingston's Works

美国东方主义话语中的华人是作为沉默的"他者"而存在。崛起于20世纪70年代的当代美国华裔文学把化解东方主义者头脑中根深蒂固的东方式想象和幻想作为其写作的主要构成。著名美国华裔作家汤亭亭在其作品中用讲述来对抗沉默,用事实来反击偏见,批判了美国东方主义话语中的华人"他者"形象,重新认定了华裔美国人身份。

The self images of Chinese in the oriental discourse severely hindered them from being accepted by American society.Therefore,the Chinese American literature rising in 1997s took it the main concern to break the deeply-rooted oriental illusions.Maxine Hong Kingston,one of the most influential Chinese American writers,tells the real story of Chinese,criticizes the images of 'the other' and redefines the Chinese American identity in her three works.The related study will help the foreigners to learn about Chinese culture,promote the cultural communication between China and America and take Chinese literature to the world.