Due to the influence and control of many factors such as geographical location and historical conditions,many of the 20thCentury American literature works portray distorted Chinese image different from reality. In Ame...Due to the influence and control of many factors such as geographical location and historical conditions,many of the 20thCentury American literature works portray distorted Chinese image different from reality. In American literature,China doesn't exist as a real country with a geographical location,but it exists in a virtual space in the world composed of cultural imagination. Literature is the reflected thought that can accommodate numerous social fields,and American literature can mostly reflect the overall cognition of different fields for Chinese image. This paper analyzes the characterization and cognition of Chinese image in the20thCentury American literature works,understanding the history and features of Chinese image in the 20thCentury American literature works,in order to obtain the enlightenment of how to better establish Chinese image.展开更多
Chinese cultural symbols have been widely transplanted in Chinese American literature.Those symbols bear different significance in different authors’works on different historical stages,which,in essence,reflect Chine...Chinese cultural symbols have been widely transplanted in Chinese American literature.Those symbols bear different significance in different authors’works on different historical stages,which,in essence,reflect Chinese American writers’difficult process of searching for and constructing their cultural identity.展开更多
For the early generation of both Chinese and Indian immigrants,their deep immersion in their own language and cultural environment has given their life experience an indelible nostalgia.However,the children of their d...For the early generation of both Chinese and Indian immigrants,their deep immersion in their own language and cultural environment has given their life experience an indelible nostalgia.However,the children of their descendants born in the United States have no such cultural heritage and spiritual burden,their thinking on values,languages,education,occupation,clothing,social communications,etc.are more largely Americanized and culturally identified with the mainstream society.In this way,the various intergenerational conflicts reflected in Chinese and Indian American literature implies the importance of negotiation through the use of shared resource between the old and new identities to balance,adapt and integrate in the adopted land.展开更多
In the second half of the 20th century,humanistic studies in the West witnessed a“theory explosion”.Unlike traditional European Sinology,American Sinology borrowed the latest Western theoretical approaches and forme...In the second half of the 20th century,humanistic studies in the West witnessed a“theory explosion”.Unlike traditional European Sinology,American Sinology borrowed the latest Western theoretical approaches and formed a unique feature.The emerging Western theory also influenced the study of classical Chinese literature in the USA,with each Sinologist exhibiting a different tendency.In the context of the development of American Sinology and Western theory,this paper examines the Sinologists’change of attitudes in different development stages to unveil the characteristics and tendencies of the study of classical Chinese literature in North America.展开更多
The paper investigates how far American-born Asians or recent immigrants in the United States find themselves always caught in the gap between two worlds with“double consciousness”(Du Bois,2007:xiii),and demonstrate...The paper investigates how far American-born Asians or recent immigrants in the United States find themselves always caught in the gap between two worlds with“double consciousness”(Du Bois,2007:xiii),and demonstrates the complex interrela⁃tions between the mainstream society’s structured social processes and the Asian diasporic conditions.It finds the identities of Asian diaspora to be perennially problematic.The process of self-reconstruction is portrayed from generational,or inter-racial viewpoints.This paper focuses attention on the alienation,translation,and negotiation of the protagonists who are found engaged in the complexities of existential conflicts arising from their need to balance,adapt and integrate in the adopted land.展开更多
文摘Due to the influence and control of many factors such as geographical location and historical conditions,many of the 20thCentury American literature works portray distorted Chinese image different from reality. In American literature,China doesn't exist as a real country with a geographical location,but it exists in a virtual space in the world composed of cultural imagination. Literature is the reflected thought that can accommodate numerous social fields,and American literature can mostly reflect the overall cognition of different fields for Chinese image. This paper analyzes the characterization and cognition of Chinese image in the20thCentury American literature works,understanding the history and features of Chinese image in the 20thCentury American literature works,in order to obtain the enlightenment of how to better establish Chinese image.
文摘Chinese cultural symbols have been widely transplanted in Chinese American literature.Those symbols bear different significance in different authors’works on different historical stages,which,in essence,reflect Chinese American writers’difficult process of searching for and constructing their cultural identity.
文摘For the early generation of both Chinese and Indian immigrants,their deep immersion in their own language and cultural environment has given their life experience an indelible nostalgia.However,the children of their descendants born in the United States have no such cultural heritage and spiritual burden,their thinking on values,languages,education,occupation,clothing,social communications,etc.are more largely Americanized and culturally identified with the mainstream society.In this way,the various intergenerational conflicts reflected in Chinese and Indian American literature implies the importance of negotiation through the use of shared resource between the old and new identities to balance,adapt and integrate in the adopted land.
文摘In the second half of the 20th century,humanistic studies in the West witnessed a“theory explosion”.Unlike traditional European Sinology,American Sinology borrowed the latest Western theoretical approaches and formed a unique feature.The emerging Western theory also influenced the study of classical Chinese literature in the USA,with each Sinologist exhibiting a different tendency.In the context of the development of American Sinology and Western theory,this paper examines the Sinologists’change of attitudes in different development stages to unveil the characteristics and tendencies of the study of classical Chinese literature in North America.
文摘The paper investigates how far American-born Asians or recent immigrants in the United States find themselves always caught in the gap between two worlds with“double consciousness”(Du Bois,2007:xiii),and demonstrates the complex interrela⁃tions between the mainstream society’s structured social processes and the Asian diasporic conditions.It finds the identities of Asian diaspora to be perennially problematic.The process of self-reconstruction is portrayed from generational,or inter-racial viewpoints.This paper focuses attention on the alienation,translation,and negotiation of the protagonists who are found engaged in the complexities of existential conflicts arising from their need to balance,adapt and integrate in the adopted land.
