Identity Crisis and Construction in The Magic Barrel

Based on a detailed analysis of the text of the short story-The Magic Barrel,this article aims to explore the identity crisis and construction of the Jewish nation.Using Leo’s moral choices and dilemmas as clues,it showcases the development of Leo’s spiritual world,explores the protagonist’s love pursuit and sacrifice spirit,and includes discussions on the Jewish classic themes of suffering and redemption,which is hoped to provide a new perspective for the study of this short story.

A Study of Identity Crisis From the Perspective of Identity Negotiation Theory——Taking Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire as Example

A Streetcar Named Desire unfolds the tragedy of a southern lady.The conflict betwixt southern Blanche and northern Stanley is the main contradiction in the play.In the end,Stanley drives Blanche crazy and sends her to an asylum.This paper attempts to analyze Blanche’s identity crisis from identity negotiation theory in cross-cultural communication,including identity security,identity inclusion,and identity predictability.Thereby it figures out that one who suffers hostile gazes from others in a strange environment,is unable to carry out an intimate and effective communication,which will eventually lead to a sense of loss and despair.This paper puts forward the methods to obtain identity recognition:be honest with others,be sure of oneself,and try one’s best to fit in the new environment,aiming to help people avoid identity crisis in interpersonal communication and establish a positive identity.

A Spatial Interpretation of Identity Crisis in The Hairy Ape

In The Hairy Ape, at first Yank identifies himself as"steel"and Mildred declares herself as"waste product", which posits themselves like the polar of the flow line production. While from each other's point of view, they are both"hairy apes". Through spatial interpretation, it is noticeable that the identity crisis they both suffer results from a loss of self-space in the capitalized space caused by capitalist mode of production. Both Yank and Mildred make active efforts to produce their own self-space upon realization of the absence, which are doomed to failure. Ultimately, the tragedy originates from the impossibility of producing self-space in capitalized space.

Syntactical and Lexical Significance in Balfour's“Identity Crisis”

Jennifer Balfour uses unique syntactical and lexical language approaches to deal with Uzbeks' difficult and awkward situ-ation, especially their identity crisis.

Psychology or Culture:An Interpretation of Simon’s Identity Crisis in J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus

“Citizenship”as a concept was put forward by scholars,once city-states emerged in ancient Greece.Following Aristotle and Plato,many other scholars and thinkers made their contributions to this concept by expounding,analyzing and further developing it.However,it did not turn into a systematical discourse until Marshall.Marshall’s perception therefore,served as a starting point and a model for a number of scholars thereafter.According to Marshal,citizenship can be understood in three dimensions,covering political right,social right and civic right.Without any doubt,Marshall’s notion of citizenship focuses on rights,leaving a citizen’s obligation untouched,for which Marshall was criticized and attacked by scholars.However due to limitation of space,this issue is not to be further discussed.Besides,as a result of emigrants from one country to another,citizenship as a concept more concerned with national boundary gets more complex and vaguer.Under this backdrop,a number of scholars and researchers proposed the fourth dimension,it is suggested that besides the 3 above mentioned rights,a fourth right should be added,which is culture right.Based on the notion and theories of culture rights and theories regarding the difficulty and dilemma confronted by emigrants,whether they immigrate out of their own wish or being forced to,the author aims to analyze Simon-a character in Coetzee’s(himself an emigrant from South Africa to Australia)novel The Childhood of Jesus(2013)and his cultural identity dilemma.Following from this analysis,the conclusion on the unlikeliness or feasibility of culture citizenship then is to be made.

Searching for Identity——Analysis of Antoinette's Identity Crisis from the Perspective of Lacan's Theory of the Mirror Stage

Wide Sargasso Sea,as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre,has been very influential in English literary field.Its author,Jean Rhys,expressed what Charlotte Bronte hasn’t expressed in Jane Eyre:The author has given a thorough analysis about Antoinette’s life before she becomes insane from different aspects,which make the insane woman newly understood for the readers.This paper intends to analyze Antoinette’s journey of searching for her identity through interactions with different people and the functions of mirror as the object in real life by applying Lacan’s theory of the mirror stage.

Identity Crisis

IN contrast to panel discussions held elsewhere in the Dalian International Conference Center on September 10. the mood surrounding the event ＂The Global Rise of China＇s Entrepreneurs＂ held in the buildings studio was decidedly more festive,

National Identity Crisis in Developing Countries in the Global Age and Its Causes

After the 1990s, with the end of the Cold War, great changes have occurred in the world scenario, with ethnic clashes and national conflicts becoming all the more salient, making national identity a hot topic in reality and the academia. To address the issue of national identity in the age of globalization, a deep-going theoretical discussion of the logic behind it is necessary, a discussion that covers the nature of both ethno-cultural identity and national identity, the superiority of national identity to ethno-cultural identity and the logic behind national identity crisis. In terms of the need for social identity, globalization, while changing the power structure of the world, weakens the autonomy of developing countries, especially that of those which are still in the process of modernization and are confronted with risks inherent in social transformation and where a resultant structural imbalance undermines the state＇s integrity and control, making national identity less appealing to ethnic groups. As a result, regional ethnic identity comes to the fore, leading to national identity crises in developing countries.

Unmasking Oppression:A Beauvoirian Analysis of Gender Dynamics in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Pakistani Bride

Delving into the intricacies of Pakistani society,this study offers a poignant exploration of the profound identity crises experienced by women,as depicted in Bapsi Sidhwa’s seminal work,Pakistani Bride(1990).Sidhwa’s narrative serves as a compelling lens through which to examine the multifaceted challenges faced by women within the patriarchal confines of Pakistani culture.Through the character of Zaitoon,Sidhwa adeptly navigates the intersections of tradition,patriarchy,and societal expectations,shedding light on the marginalized status of women in Pakistan.Employing qualitative research methods and drawing upon the theoretical framework of Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex(1949),this study delves into the nuanced complexities of female identity formation within a male-dominated society.Key themes such as identity subjugation,patriarchy,and the clash between social and traditional boundaries are meticulously analyzed.This research not only offers a critical examination of Sidhwa’s narrative techniques but also serves as a potent call to action,urging societal introspection and advocating for the empowerment of women in Pakistani society.

Afro-American Socio-Psycho Resistance AgainstOppression of Identity

Social discrimination of races and racial oppression in American colonial history had deep devastating impact on Afro-Americans.Their true identities were shattered and the truth of their existence was constructed for them by the so-called superior white American race.Afro-Americans’struggles for recognition had been started since the moment racial oppression took place and United States might profess now to be agenda-free but contemporary Afro-American literature does not say so.Critical Discourse Analysis and Critical Race Analysis of Toni Morrison’s work manifests that Afro-Americans are still struggling for their recognition and their place in the white US society;she delineates their pain of going through the continuous identity-formation process that how white American society still make them finding escapes because of their dark skin tone and put them in need to prove them to be worthy of living in America.Her writing has helped analyze Afro-American subjectivation through a series of socio-psycho conceptualizations.Frantz Fanon’s work on western colonial racial oppression and identity crisis of blacks has helped analyze what traumatic culture Afro-Americans faced.His work sheds light on that disrespect and contempt experiences of blacks in personal and collective terms which they have been facing under the rule of white supremacy.Morrison’s fiction and Fanon’s“socio-psychopolitics”—his critical psychological approach analyzes the identity crisis that functions betwixt sociopolitical and psychological realms—have yielded the analyses of how manipulative power of“Racial Politics”actualizes its agendas.Morrison’s work demonstrates how historical trauma of turning Afro-Americans into stereotypical subjects still prevails in the blacks living in the contemporary racist and prejudiced white America while Fanon’s work gives a vast and detailed framework of analysis;his work consists on intersectionality and psychopolitical violence which have been forcing blacks to turn their identities into whiteness by accepting blackness as if it is evil.

Norma Jean’s Identity Pursuit in “Shiloh”

Bobbie Ann Mason is one of the representatives of American new southern writers.Her short story“Shiloh”is about the broken marriage of a southern American family.Starting from the family reasons and under the background of the times,this paper reveals the identity crisis faced by the heroine Norma Jean under the pressure of her broken marriage,economic pressure,and the social transformation of the Woman’s Liberation Movement.In order to get out of the identity crisis,Norma Jean is struggling in pain and seeking identity in confusion,which challenges the traditional male hegemony.The heroine Norma Jean’s identity construction shows her awakening of female consciousness.Woman’s self-identity and self-independence have been realized,and the transformation from traditional women to new women has gone through the process of awakening,growth and independence.

National Identity in the Era of Globalization: Crisis and Reconstruction

The era of globalization is posing a variety of challenges to national identity. In order to meet these challenges, it is important to offer theoretical scientific interpretations of them. A scrutiny of national identity as a concept reveals that national identity is actually a ＂four in one＂ combination of institutional identity, interest identity, cultural identity and non-national community identity, with formative mechanisms characterized the unity of the primordial state and the constructive, expressive forms characterized by the unity of consciousness and action, content characterized by the unity of politics and culture, and maintenance mechanisms characterized by the unity of emotion and self-interest. In the global age, national identity crisis usually arises in political, economic and cultural levels. The root cause for national identity crisis lies in the ineffectiveness of nation states＇ self-governance. In order to promote the construction of national identity in the global age, we need to： （1）promote reform of the political system, explore democratic models of governance, and create the institutional preconditions for national identity; （2） promote economic development, ensure fairness and justice, and guarantee interests in national identity; （3） develop national culture, strengthen value integration and enrich the cultural significance of national identity; and （4） recognize different levels of community development and promote community integration in national identity.

From the Founding to the Crisis of Mao Zedong and of China Ruling Party： The Identity the Communist Party

Over the course of the epochal 30 years, i.e., from the founding of People＇s Republic of China in 1949 till the launching of Chinese economic reform in 1978, the Communist Party of China （CPC） underwent a tremendous transformation from the founding to the ruling party of the country. The present research examines the historical, social as well as political aspects of the identity crisis and the CPC was suffering from in its adventurous efforts to chart a course for the socialist transformation of China. It was tempted to resume its leadership role in the revolution given the mounting tension generated by the Cold War and the prevailing revolutionary beliefs within the Party. Nevertheless, it was obliged to restore the country＇s social and political order after the sweeping national reform. In search of an adequate interpretation for the various attempts the Party made in exploring its refreshed identity, hence resolving the crisis, the study focuses on a similar crisis which befell the Party leader, Mao Zedong, in his own struggle against the con- fusion caused by his potentially double role as the head of both a founding and a ruling party. The study suggests that Mao＇s misidentification of his own political role inevitably led to the Party＇s dysfunctions, and closer investigation into the leader＇s personal dilemma offers new insight into such tragic events as the Anti- Rightist Movement, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

A Study of Tragic Existence of Characters in ＂Dry September＂

＂Dry September＂ depicts many tragic characters, and it is significant to analyze tragic existence of characters. In this paper, by grasping the survival of each individual, we can have a better understanding of the theme.

A Post-Colonial Study of The Remains of the Day

As a work representing part and parcel of Kazuo Ishiguro’s literary creation and underpinning his literary reputation,The Remains of the Day is a full-length novel told by first-person narratives,numerous segments in which are proved to entail post-colonial implications.Mr.Stevens’struggling process of mistreating himself in an inhuman,banal,and restrained manner and later painfully reconstructing his identity is unequivocally revealed.That would conspicuously serves as an epitome of post-war Britain:people were getting lost in their formerly-constructed cultural identity.Facing swiftly-changing milieu in Britain,people may not enable themselves to transform their cognition,self-esteem,pride or even prejudice in a fast speed as the international sit⁃uation may do so.