Ever since the 1970s when Chinese American writers thrived from a marginal position and integrated into the mainstream of American literature, the study on Chinese American Literature has received more and more attent...Ever since the 1970s when Chinese American writers thrived from a marginal position and integrated into the mainstream of American literature, the study on Chinese American Literature has received more and more attention from the academic circles. However, the research on this newly emerging subject in the field of translation studies has not been treated with equal attention. This thesis attempts to propose a possible strategy to translate Chinese American works, based on the theory of ＂functional equivalence＂, taking the comparison of the 2 Chinese versions of TAN＇s The Joy Luck Club as an example.展开更多
The Joy Luck Club, written by Amy Tan, has got a landslide winning when it was published in the year of 1989. It not only attracts the western readers but also the Asian ones. Amy Tan wrote this novel partly according...The Joy Luck Club, written by Amy Tan, has got a landslide winning when it was published in the year of 1989. It not only attracts the western readers but also the Asian ones. Amy Tan wrote this novel partly according to her own living experience. Her mother is the first generation and she is totally growing up in America. She herself does not have a good relationship with her mother when she was young. What we can tell from the Joy Luck Club. This paper will reread the novel from the feminism aspect about the four pair's mothers and daughters, not only focusing on the daughters' rebirth from their marriage but also on their rediscovering of themselves.展开更多
Amy Tan is one of the most highly acclaimed writers of the contemporary Chinese American literature.(1989) The Joy Luck Club is her the first novel.It tells the relationship between four Chinese women and their Chines...Amy Tan is one of the most highly acclaimed writers of the contemporary Chinese American literature.(1989) The Joy Luck Club is her the first novel.It tells the relationship between four Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters.Based on the analysis of the relationship between mother and daughter,this paper interprets the Chinese maternal love which hides in the cross-cultural context,and speaks highly of the greatness and preciousness Chinese maternal love.展开更多
Amy Tan is a renowned Chinese American writer who has won prestigious awards and also received various criticism from home and abroad. Her first novel The Joy Luck Club has won her several prestigious literary awards....Amy Tan is a renowned Chinese American writer who has won prestigious awards and also received various criticism from home and abroad. Her first novel The Joy Luck Club has won her several prestigious literary awards. However, the limitation of Orientalism is also manifested in the novel, which leads to much criticism. It is believed that the novel is popular because the binary distinction between the East and the West satisfies the ideological needs of the white-dominated society. This thesis is trying to interpret The Joy Luck Club from the perspective of Orientalism.展开更多
This paper mainly focuses on the different family values of the east and the west in The Joy Luck Club from the view of cross-culture communication.The paper first gives a brief introduction to the structure and conte...This paper mainly focuses on the different family values of the east and the west in The Joy Luck Club from the view of cross-culture communication.The paper first gives a brief introduction to the structure and content of The Joy Luck Club.Then it analyzes family values from three parts:attitudes towards marriage,relationships among family members and the education of children.The paper provides several examples to explain the different family values of the east and the west in The Joy Luck Club.展开更多
Based on the text analysis of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club this dissertation tries to prove that Amy Tan uses this semiautobiographical novel as attempted quests for her identity in American society and tries to un...Based on the text analysis of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club this dissertation tries to prove that Amy Tan uses this semiautobiographical novel as attempted quests for her identity in American society and tries to understand her own relationship with her mother.展开更多
People with different cultural backgrounds would inevitably encounter contradictions and conflicts in their communication due to their different values and lifestyles.This paper draws on the research findings of high-...People with different cultural backgrounds would inevitably encounter contradictions and conflicts in their communication due to their different values and lifestyles.This paper draws on the research findings of high-low context and high-low power distance theories to analyze the cultural contradictions and conflicts in The Joy Luck Club.The result shows that mutual respect and understanding are needed in intercultural communication and to achieve cultural fusion,people should absorb new culture on the basis of inheriting their traditional culture.展开更多
Lucky Jim, written by the British novelist, Kinsley Amis, is a masterpiece which sets a background of a post-war British college in 1950 s. With the influence of the"Angry Young Men"movement, this novel depi...Lucky Jim, written by the British novelist, Kinsley Amis, is a masterpiece which sets a background of a post-war British college in 1950 s. With the influence of the"Angry Young Men"movement, this novel depicts a young college instructor,Jim Dixon's work life and his emotional experience. Except for the Kinsley Amis' writing gifts, what else contribute to this novel's great success? The underlying reasons that lead to its large popularity are discussed from the major perspectives of social background, Kinsley Amis' personal experience and the novel itself in this paper.展开更多
When individuals are not good at grasping coincidence events in the gambling mechanism,they take particular note of lay beliefs in luck.Among the lay beliefs in luck,that concerning“strength of luck”is often specifi...When individuals are not good at grasping coincidence events in the gambling mechanism,they take particular note of lay beliefs in luck.Among the lay beliefs in luck,that concerning“strength of luck”is often specific for gambling behavior.We conducted a survey that compared gamblers and non-gamblers,and examined whether this way of thinking is related to gambling addiction.An Internet survey was completed by 550 people.A cluster analysis based on gambling frequency extracted three clusters(non-,moderate-,and heavy-gambler groups).The South Oaks Gambling Screen(SOGS)score was highest in the heavy-gambler group.Differences were seen in three items:a belief in differences in luck among individuals;a belief in the“flow of Tsuki(in luck)”;and conscious behaviors regarding luck.For all three,the scores of the moderate-and heavy-gambler groups tended to be higher than those of the non-gambler group.Regarding“strength of luck”and“strength of luck in gambling”,the heavy-gambler group perceived that they had the strongest luck,followed,in order,by the moderate-and non-gambler groups.These three factors could lead to sustained gambling behavior.Those who felt that their“strength of luck in gambling”was strong tended to be pathological gamblers.This result supports a previous study.展开更多
Amy Tan is one of the prominent Chinese American writers that have emerged since the 1980s. Her first novel The Joy Luck Club, which was published in 1989, brought her instant success. The story explores conflicts bet...Amy Tan is one of the prominent Chinese American writers that have emerged since the 1980s. Her first novel The Joy Luck Club, which was published in 1989, brought her instant success. The story explores conflicts between two generations and two different cultures. Set in China and in the United States, the novel is woven by stories of four Chinese mothers and their four daughters. Though short in form, it is really worth detailed interpretation and appreciation. This paper will mainly discuss the cultural and generational differences reflected in the story with the conflict of one pair of the mother and daughter--Suyuan Woo and Jing-mei Woo as the main examples. The author of this paper believes that with the realization of the globalization, different cultures are fusing now展开更多
The international community of virologists welcomes Virologica Sinica to the bevy of journals - yellow, blue of different shades, green, black, and red - covering the wide field of virology and looks forward to its pr...The international community of virologists welcomes Virologica Sinica to the bevy of journals - yellow, blue of different shades, green, black, and red - covering the wide field of virology and looks forward to its prospering future with many contributions from around the world. Virology has played a trail-blazing role展开更多
The cultural dimension refers to the five cultural dimensions proposed by Hofstede and supplemented by later scholars.Its role is to serve as a framework for measuring the differences between cultures of various count...The cultural dimension refers to the five cultural dimensions proposed by Hofstede and supplemented by later scholars.Its role is to serve as a framework for measuring the differences between cultures of various countries.The Joy Luck Club shows the cultural differences between China and America by describing the contradictions between four pairs of Chinese mothers and daughters.At present,most of the analysis of cultural differences in novels lack systematic summary and deep excavation.As we all know,the root of the contradiction between mothers and daughters is the cultural conflicts,and this paper will take Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory as a framework and use“the joy luck club”as the text to reveal the deeper cultural reasons for the contradictions between mothers and daughters through literature and theories.展开更多
While much research on The Joy Luck Club has been studied through grand lens,like feminism,or cultural factors,trauma,etc.,little research has been conducted to highlight self-consciousness and conflicts that are refl...While much research on The Joy Luck Club has been studied through grand lens,like feminism,or cultural factors,trauma,etc.,little research has been conducted to highlight self-consciousness and conflicts that are reflected in their seemingly endless dialogues between the four mothers and their daughters throughout the novel.Using dialogue from Bakhtin’s polyphony theory,the present study investigates precisely how it works to awaken self-consciousness in all of them;how their understanding and connection are restored,and eventually how exactly right decisions are made for their daughters in marriage.The findings show that,after numerous dialogues between mothers and daughters,their self-awareness has become clearer,their relations are mended,the right decisions are made,and eventually the order in every aspect is reconstructed.The study calls for greater attention to the embodiment of dialogues in The Joy Luck Club,and how they work effectively and profoundly at every level,and at last how they fulfill the reconstruction of orders in certain aspects.展开更多
The Joy Luck Club written by Chinese American writer Amy Tan depicts the conflicts and reconciliation between the Chinese-born mothers and American-born daughters, reflecting the clashes and fusions of two different c...The Joy Luck Club written by Chinese American writer Amy Tan depicts the conflicts and reconciliation between the Chinese-born mothers and American-born daughters, reflecting the clashes and fusions of two different cultures. This paper sets out from the intercultural perspective to probe into the cultural factors which contribute to the failure in communication, and strives to get inspirations from the four pair of mothers and daughters to eliminate cross-culture communication barriers.展开更多
Amy Tan's well-known masterpiece The Joy Luck Club has been discussed by scholars and writers for a long time and the topics mainly focus on the relationship between mothers and daughters, the role of immigrants, ...Amy Tan's well-known masterpiece The Joy Luck Club has been discussed by scholars and writers for a long time and the topics mainly focus on the relationship between mothers and daughters, the role of immigrants, Androcentrism and so forth.However,"The Other"of Orientalism is rarely talked about. So this paper probes "The Other" in several aspects.展开更多
In The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan explores the issue of cultural identity and shows her thoughtful understanding of the minority's cultural identity. With a series of analysis and elaborations about The Joy Luck Club ...In The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan explores the issue of cultural identity and shows her thoughtful understanding of the minority's cultural identity. With a series of analysis and elaborations about The Joy Luck Club based upon post-colonial theories,the author of this thesis holds that: in Amy Tan's opinion, the ethnic cultural identities should not be fixed, single but negotiable and hybrid. Amy Tan's exploration of the ethnic cultural identity can provide some positive enlightenment for those minorities who are still confused about their cultural identities.展开更多
Amy Tan, a Chinese American writer describes the stories between four pairs of mothers and daughters in The Joy Luck Club. Four mothers have different growing backgrounds as their daughters. This essay will analyze th...Amy Tan, a Chinese American writer describes the stories between four pairs of mothers and daughters in The Joy Luck Club. Four mothers have different growing backgrounds as their daughters. This essay will analyze the reasons behind the mother-daughter's conflicts from the perspectives of the differences of eastern and western culture, mothers' educational methods and excessively high expectation of the mothers.展开更多
The attitudes towards filial piety between the Chinese and the Americans leads to the conflicts between the Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters.Family,the basic unit of a society,is the fundame...The attitudes towards filial piety between the Chinese and the Americans leads to the conflicts between the Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters.Family,the basic unit of a society,is the fundamental element in the traditional Chinese culture and it is a core of Chinese culture.Similarly,the Americans also attach great importance to family.Americans pursuit personal independence and performance and self-awareness and hold that everyone is equal and free.While Chinese people emphasize family members’interdependence and the whole family’s honor and the pecking order of family members and obedience.展开更多
文摘Ever since the 1970s when Chinese American writers thrived from a marginal position and integrated into the mainstream of American literature, the study on Chinese American Literature has received more and more attention from the academic circles. However, the research on this newly emerging subject in the field of translation studies has not been treated with equal attention. This thesis attempts to propose a possible strategy to translate Chinese American works, based on the theory of ＂functional equivalence＂, taking the comparison of the 2 Chinese versions of TAN＇s The Joy Luck Club as an example.
文摘The Joy Luck Club, written by Amy Tan, has got a landslide winning when it was published in the year of 1989. It not only attracts the western readers but also the Asian ones. Amy Tan wrote this novel partly according to her own living experience. Her mother is the first generation and she is totally growing up in America. She herself does not have a good relationship with her mother when she was young. What we can tell from the Joy Luck Club. This paper will reread the novel from the feminism aspect about the four pair's mothers and daughters, not only focusing on the daughters' rebirth from their marriage but also on their rediscovering of themselves.
文摘Amy Tan is one of the most highly acclaimed writers of the contemporary Chinese American literature.(1989) The Joy Luck Club is her the first novel.It tells the relationship between four Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters.Based on the analysis of the relationship between mother and daughter,this paper interprets the Chinese maternal love which hides in the cross-cultural context,and speaks highly of the greatness and preciousness Chinese maternal love.
文摘Amy Tan is a renowned Chinese American writer who has won prestigious awards and also received various criticism from home and abroad. Her first novel The Joy Luck Club has won her several prestigious literary awards. However, the limitation of Orientalism is also manifested in the novel, which leads to much criticism. It is believed that the novel is popular because the binary distinction between the East and the West satisfies the ideological needs of the white-dominated society. This thesis is trying to interpret The Joy Luck Club from the perspective of Orientalism.
文摘This paper mainly focuses on the different family values of the east and the west in The Joy Luck Club from the view of cross-culture communication.The paper first gives a brief introduction to the structure and content of The Joy Luck Club.Then it analyzes family values from three parts:attitudes towards marriage,relationships among family members and the education of children.The paper provides several examples to explain the different family values of the east and the west in The Joy Luck Club.
文摘Based on the text analysis of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club this dissertation tries to prove that Amy Tan uses this semiautobiographical novel as attempted quests for her identity in American society and tries to understand her own relationship with her mother.
文摘People with different cultural backgrounds would inevitably encounter contradictions and conflicts in their communication due to their different values and lifestyles.This paper draws on the research findings of high-low context and high-low power distance theories to analyze the cultural contradictions and conflicts in The Joy Luck Club.The result shows that mutual respect and understanding are needed in intercultural communication and to achieve cultural fusion,people should absorb new culture on the basis of inheriting their traditional culture.
文摘Lucky Jim, written by the British novelist, Kinsley Amis, is a masterpiece which sets a background of a post-war British college in 1950 s. With the influence of the"Angry Young Men"movement, this novel depicts a young college instructor,Jim Dixon's work life and his emotional experience. Except for the Kinsley Amis' writing gifts, what else contribute to this novel's great success? The underlying reasons that lead to its large popularity are discussed from the major perspectives of social background, Kinsley Amis' personal experience and the novel itself in this paper.
文摘When individuals are not good at grasping coincidence events in the gambling mechanism,they take particular note of lay beliefs in luck.Among the lay beliefs in luck,that concerning“strength of luck”is often specific for gambling behavior.We conducted a survey that compared gamblers and non-gamblers,and examined whether this way of thinking is related to gambling addiction.An Internet survey was completed by 550 people.A cluster analysis based on gambling frequency extracted three clusters(non-,moderate-,and heavy-gambler groups).The South Oaks Gambling Screen(SOGS)score was highest in the heavy-gambler group.Differences were seen in three items:a belief in differences in luck among individuals;a belief in the“flow of Tsuki(in luck)”;and conscious behaviors regarding luck.For all three,the scores of the moderate-and heavy-gambler groups tended to be higher than those of the non-gambler group.Regarding“strength of luck”and“strength of luck in gambling”,the heavy-gambler group perceived that they had the strongest luck,followed,in order,by the moderate-and non-gambler groups.These three factors could lead to sustained gambling behavior.Those who felt that their“strength of luck in gambling”was strong tended to be pathological gamblers.This result supports a previous study.
文摘Amy Tan is one of the prominent Chinese American writers that have emerged since the 1980s. Her first novel The Joy Luck Club, which was published in 1989, brought her instant success. The story explores conflicts between two generations and two different cultures. Set in China and in the United States, the novel is woven by stories of four Chinese mothers and their four daughters. Though short in form, it is really worth detailed interpretation and appreciation. This paper will mainly discuss the cultural and generational differences reflected in the story with the conflict of one pair of the mother and daughter--Suyuan Woo and Jing-mei Woo as the main examples. The author of this paper believes that with the realization of the globalization, different cultures are fusing now
文摘The international community of virologists welcomes Virologica Sinica to the bevy of journals - yellow, blue of different shades, green, black, and red - covering the wide field of virology and looks forward to its prospering future with many contributions from around the world. Virology has played a trail-blazing role
文摘The cultural dimension refers to the five cultural dimensions proposed by Hofstede and supplemented by later scholars.Its role is to serve as a framework for measuring the differences between cultures of various countries.The Joy Luck Club shows the cultural differences between China and America by describing the contradictions between four pairs of Chinese mothers and daughters.At present,most of the analysis of cultural differences in novels lack systematic summary and deep excavation.As we all know,the root of the contradiction between mothers and daughters is the cultural conflicts,and this paper will take Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory as a framework and use“the joy luck club”as the text to reveal the deeper cultural reasons for the contradictions between mothers and daughters through literature and theories.
文摘While much research on The Joy Luck Club has been studied through grand lens,like feminism,or cultural factors,trauma,etc.,little research has been conducted to highlight self-consciousness and conflicts that are reflected in their seemingly endless dialogues between the four mothers and their daughters throughout the novel.Using dialogue from Bakhtin’s polyphony theory,the present study investigates precisely how it works to awaken self-consciousness in all of them;how their understanding and connection are restored,and eventually how exactly right decisions are made for their daughters in marriage.The findings show that,after numerous dialogues between mothers and daughters,their self-awareness has become clearer,their relations are mended,the right decisions are made,and eventually the order in every aspect is reconstructed.The study calls for greater attention to the embodiment of dialogues in The Joy Luck Club,and how they work effectively and profoundly at every level,and at last how they fulfill the reconstruction of orders in certain aspects.
文摘The Joy Luck Club written by Chinese American writer Amy Tan depicts the conflicts and reconciliation between the Chinese-born mothers and American-born daughters, reflecting the clashes and fusions of two different cultures. This paper sets out from the intercultural perspective to probe into the cultural factors which contribute to the failure in communication, and strives to get inspirations from the four pair of mothers and daughters to eliminate cross-culture communication barriers.
文摘Amy Tan's well-known masterpiece The Joy Luck Club has been discussed by scholars and writers for a long time and the topics mainly focus on the relationship between mothers and daughters, the role of immigrants, Androcentrism and so forth.However,"The Other"of Orientalism is rarely talked about. So this paper probes "The Other" in several aspects.
文摘In The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan explores the issue of cultural identity and shows her thoughtful understanding of the minority's cultural identity. With a series of analysis and elaborations about The Joy Luck Club based upon post-colonial theories,the author of this thesis holds that: in Amy Tan's opinion, the ethnic cultural identities should not be fixed, single but negotiable and hybrid. Amy Tan's exploration of the ethnic cultural identity can provide some positive enlightenment for those minorities who are still confused about their cultural identities.
文摘Amy Tan, a Chinese American writer describes the stories between four pairs of mothers and daughters in The Joy Luck Club. Four mothers have different growing backgrounds as their daughters. This essay will analyze the reasons behind the mother-daughter's conflicts from the perspectives of the differences of eastern and western culture, mothers' educational methods and excessively high expectation of the mothers.
文摘The attitudes towards filial piety between the Chinese and the Americans leads to the conflicts between the Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters.Family,the basic unit of a society,is the fundamental element in the traditional Chinese culture and it is a core of Chinese culture.Similarly,the Americans also attach great importance to family.Americans pursuit personal independence and performance and self-awareness and hold that everyone is equal and free.While Chinese people emphasize family members’interdependence and the whole family’s honor and the pecking order of family members and obedience.
