on the identity construction in fifth chinese daughter英文毕业论文.doc

,ChineseAmericanliteratureattractedmoreandmoreattentionfromtheAmericansocietyandgraduallybecameanimportantpartinAmericanmulti-,“themotherofChineseAmericanliterature”byMaxineHongKingstonbecausetheworkFifthChineseDaughterhasinspiredMaxineHongKingstoninherlaterwriting.[7]FifthChineseDaughter,writtenin1945andpublishedin1950whenJadeSnowWongwasattheageof28yearsold,“thebestexampleofChineseAmericanliterature”intheliteratureclassesinAmericanmiddleschools.[7]InChina,thestudyofChineseAmericanliteraturehasmadegreatprogress,especiallytheworksofMaxineHongKingstonandAmyTan,,suchasHeYinli’spaper“AThematicStudyOfJadeSnowWong’sFifthChineseDaughter”(2013).ThesecondcategoryfocusesontheanalysisoftheculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandtheUnitedStatesincludingdiet-cultureinthisnovel,likeWangZhenying’sessay“OntheculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandtheUnitedStatesinFifthChineseDaughter”(2012).,,’sstruggleinacircumstancebetweentwocultures,,thoughtheyhavegrownintheUnitedStatesinfluencedbytheAmericanmainstreamvalues,theyarestillpeoplewithChineseculturalbackgroundandphysicalcharacter