Lin Yutang’s English novel,The Vermilion Gate,whose story mainly focus on the social turmoil in Xi’an under the rule of warlords and the family conflicts within the Dafudi,depicts how Chinese people solve the intern...Lin Yutang’s English novel,The Vermilion Gate,whose story mainly focus on the social turmoil in Xi’an under the rule of warlords and the family conflicts within the Dafudi,depicts how Chinese people solve the internal and external conflicts with wisdom and how fragile women grows in the war.Basing on the analysis of rhetorical portrait of Xi’an and heroic Chinese people in this novel,this paper explores Lin Yutang’s rhetorical preference in constructing image of China and his unique cultural values behind the English writing.展开更多
基金This article is funded by Teaching Research Project-2022 in Wuhan University of Technology.
文摘Lin Yutang’s English novel,The Vermilion Gate,whose story mainly focus on the social turmoil in Xi’an under the rule of warlords and the family conflicts within the Dafudi,depicts how Chinese people solve the internal and external conflicts with wisdom and how fragile women grows in the war.Basing on the analysis of rhetorical portrait of Xi’an and heroic Chinese people in this novel,this paper explores Lin Yutang’s rhetorical preference in constructing image of China and his unique cultural values behind the English writing.
