The Woman Warrior" is an influential book in the 20th century making a thunder of voice in the world to accuse the stereotype of patriarchy and racism, which also shows the Chinese Americans’ difficulty of being...The Woman Warrior" is an influential book in the 20th century making a thunder of voice in the world to accuse the stereotype of patriarchy and racism, which also shows the Chinese Americans’ difficulty of being edged to the cultural cliff. This article analyses the content and the style of the novel to see inside what the writer wants to express and to figure out the real reason of the inequality between sexes and reveal the truth of the western culture dominance. Feminism, Patriarchy and culture are the main factors considered in the article.展开更多
In Midnight's Children,frequently seen are the words like"hole","segment","crack",and the damage and loss of bodily function such as amnesia,which is called a"phenomenon of fragm...In Midnight's Children,frequently seen are the words like"hole","segment","crack",and the damage and loss of bodily function such as amnesia,which is called a"phenomenon of fragmentation"in this paper.In terms of the phenomenon,the characters of three generations in Midnight's Children are analyzed.It is found that colonial culture exerts a long-lasting impact on its colonized people,under whose influence generations of colonized people find it hard to negotiate their dual cultural identities.This happened to India.Postcolonial Indians had fragmented identities.Furthermore,the phenomenon also reflects that India was a fragmented nation,whose nationals desired peace,unity,and prosperity.展开更多
William Somerset Maugham(1874-1965),one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century,is famous for his exquisitenarrative technique.The Painted Veil tells a touching story with unique narrative style.This pape...William Somerset Maugham(1874-1965),one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century,is famous for his exquisitenarrative technique.The Painted Veil tells a touching story with unique narrative style.This paper takes Edward Said's postcolonial crit-ical theory of orientalism as its theoretical foundation to conduct a study of The Painted Veil in detail with an intention to explore China's image and disclose the cultural hegemony of Maugham.The Painted Veil about demonizing and distorting China's image is based onthe perspective of Orientalism,which is inextricably linked to Maugham's cultural hegemony thought.展开更多
文摘The Woman Warrior" is an influential book in the 20th century making a thunder of voice in the world to accuse the stereotype of patriarchy and racism, which also shows the Chinese Americans’ difficulty of being edged to the cultural cliff. This article analyses the content and the style of the novel to see inside what the writer wants to express and to figure out the real reason of the inequality between sexes and reveal the truth of the western culture dominance. Feminism, Patriarchy and culture are the main factors considered in the article.
文摘In Midnight's Children,frequently seen are the words like"hole","segment","crack",and the damage and loss of bodily function such as amnesia,which is called a"phenomenon of fragmentation"in this paper.In terms of the phenomenon,the characters of three generations in Midnight's Children are analyzed.It is found that colonial culture exerts a long-lasting impact on its colonized people,under whose influence generations of colonized people find it hard to negotiate their dual cultural identities.This happened to India.Postcolonial Indians had fragmented identities.Furthermore,the phenomenon also reflects that India was a fragmented nation,whose nationals desired peace,unity,and prosperity.
文摘William Somerset Maugham(1874-1965),one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century,is famous for his exquisitenarrative technique.The Painted Veil tells a touching story with unique narrative style.This paper takes Edward Said's postcolonial crit-ical theory of orientalism as its theoretical foundation to conduct a study of The Painted Veil in detail with an intention to explore China's image and disclose the cultural hegemony of Maugham.The Painted Veil about demonizing and distorting China's image is based onthe perspective of Orientalism,which is inextricably linked to Maugham's cultural hegemony thought.
