The ethnic consciousness of immigrant Americans was greatly awakened by the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, which consequently had immeasurable impact on Asian-American Literature. Gish Jen, author of Typical Amer...The ethnic consciousness of immigrant Americans was greatly awakened by the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, which consequently had immeasurable impact on Asian-American Literature. Gish Jen, author of Typical American (1991) shortlisted for the National Book Critics' Circle Award, gives readers a new glimpse of the multicultural American society with her specific writing strategies. In the paper, the author tries to analyze the living dilemma of Theresa from the angle of feminism in three aspects: in the society, in her family and in her internal Chinese feudal male chauvinism. The author also tries to reveal Gish Jen's ideal of building an equal and harmonious society for male and female, freeing women and developing women's self-consciousnesses in this novel.展开更多
文摘The ethnic consciousness of immigrant Americans was greatly awakened by the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, which consequently had immeasurable impact on Asian-American Literature. Gish Jen, author of Typical American (1991) shortlisted for the National Book Critics' Circle Award, gives readers a new glimpse of the multicultural American society with her specific writing strategies. In the paper, the author tries to analyze the living dilemma of Theresa from the angle of feminism in three aspects: in the society, in her family and in her internal Chinese feudal male chauvinism. The author also tries to reveal Gish Jen's ideal of building an equal and harmonious society for male and female, freeing women and developing women's self-consciousnesses in this novel.
