Bewilderment+and+Initiation：Interpreting+the+Initiation+Theme+in+Fifth+Chinese+Daughter+and+The+Woman+Warrior.pdf

郑州大学硕士学位论文 Bewilderment and Initiation:Interpreting the Initiation Theme in Fifth Chinese Daughter and The Woman Warrior 姓名:李琳申请学位级别:硕士专业:英语语言文学指导教师:郭英剑 20070501 中文摘要在美国华裔文学当中,黄玉雪的‘华女阿五》首先获得了主流社会的认可, 汤亭亭更是凭借代表作《女勇士》把华裔文学推向了一个新的高峰。有关这两部作品的评论文章很多,但是从成长小说的角度探讨它们共同成长主题的文章却不多见。成长是一个永恒的文学主题,而成长小说,作为一种文学类别,在西方文学史上占据着相当重要的位置,具有悠久的创作传统。本文借用女性主义和后殖民主义理论,解读这两部成长小说中女主人公的困惑与成长,同时分析这两部少数族裔女性成长小说所具有的特点。全文共分四章,另附前言与结论。前言部分讨论了这两部作品的文学类别。第一章回顾了成长小说的定义、发展和演变,描述了这两部少数族裔女性成长小说的特色。第二章讨论了主人公的困惑,以及困惑与唐人街双重隔离的关系。第三章分析了主人公成长道路上的引路人形象,以及成长引路人对主人公成长的不同影响。第四章阐释了主人公在成长道路上产生的顿悟和觉醒。论文的结论部分对前几章的考察与讨论进行了总结,并进一步指出:在两部小说的结尾处,两位主人公都取得了一定的成功,没有放弃对未来的追求,这一点是不同于同时代逐渐走向反叛的主流成长小说的。关键词:成长小说;黄玉雪;汤亭亭;困惑;成长 Abstract JadeSnow Wong’s凡触Chinese Daughter isthefirstChin嘲American litgTary work well received by mainstream audiences,and Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior isregarded as one ofthemost influential Asian American literary are many criticalr掌view$about these two works due to their significance inthehistory ofChineseAmerican literature,but few criticsclassify theseworks,especially Fifth Chinese Daughter,8s Bildungsromane,and discuss the initiationthemeofthese two wDd【s Bildungsroman,as aliterarygertre, deals withtheeduction anddevelopment ofitsyoung womgonist,and has astrong tradition in western thesisintends to choose these two Bildungsromane to discuss the second-generation Chmese American girls’ bewilderments and initiations intheChinatown during the transitional era,and features of these two theories infeminism and post-colonialism aleusedin thisthesis tomake furtheranalysis. This posed of four chapters,plus theintroductionand the in虹oduc吐∞discusses thegenreproblem ofthe two One reviews definitions andevolution oftheBildugsroman,and describes featuresof thetwo Two probes intothetwo protagonists’ ts,and therelationbetween thdrbewilderments andthe double isolationoftheChina