The gaze is a means of power that can flow through family relationships.It has intense regulatory overtones.In her short story Mr.Tang’s Girls,Malaysian-Chinese Anglophone diasporic writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim shows ...The gaze is a means of power that can flow through family relationships.It has intense regulatory overtones.In her short story Mr.Tang’s Girls,Malaysian-Chinese Anglophone diasporic writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim shows the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures and the resistance of women under the oppression of patriarchy through the portrayal of the father,Ah Kong,and the eldest daughter,Kim Li.Based on Foucault’s discipline gaze and Hooks’oppositional gaze,this article analyzes the power operation in the story from the following three aspects:the male gaze,discipline and self-discipline,and the oppositional gaze.Kim Li’s subjective image of breaking free from male ownership control has been presented.It suggests the difficulties encountered by female groups in their rebellion against the male gaze and their pursuit of freedom and emancipation.It also reflects the tragedy of awakening women’s destinies under the dual oppression of patriarchy and the East-Westen cultural conflict.展开更多
In both Lu Xun＇s ＂The New Year＇s Sacrifice＂ （1924） and Shirley Jackson＇s ＂The Lottery＂ （1948）, a woman is made a sacrificial victim by her village community, one symbolically and one literally. Using the tw...In both Lu Xun＇s ＂The New Year＇s Sacrifice＂ （1924） and Shirley Jackson＇s ＂The Lottery＂ （1948）, a woman is made a sacrificial victim by her village community, one symbolically and one literally. Using the two stories as my cross-cultural examples, I ponder the connection between the failure of sympathy and patriarchal sacrificial logic, and ask what literature can do to help create the condition of possibility for moral agency.展开更多
This work is an exploration of how racialized characters operate in"After you,My Dear Alphonse"and"Flower Garden"of Shirley Jackson.In each of these stories,a white female gets frustrated when she ...This work is an exploration of how racialized characters operate in"After you,My Dear Alphonse"and"Flower Garden"of Shirley Jackson.In each of these stories,a white female gets frustrated when she encounters a black person,and her whiteness—a network of presumptions,emotional expectations,and prejudices that delineates her gender identity is also gradually collapsing.Through the lenses of race and gender,we can see the author’s observation and insight of the status of the individual female in the mid-20th century America.展开更多
The Lottery is American female writer Shirley Jackson's masterpiece, telling a story about an annual event on June 7 th practiced to ensure a good harvest in a small town in contemporary America. Throughout the wh...The Lottery is American female writer Shirley Jackson's masterpiece, telling a story about an annual event on June 7 th practiced to ensure a good harvest in a small town in contemporary America. Throughout the whole story,symbols are very well used to reveal the deep meaning. In the short story, the names of characters,people's acts and words and the color of some objects symbolize the fate of the victim, the obstinacy and indifference of the villagers and the cruel essence of this ritual.展开更多
Shirley was always late.This was especially a problem for her in school.In high school,she was always late for class.It annoyed her teachers very much,and she was often in trouble because of it.She had to do extra hom...Shirley was always late.This was especially a problem for her in school.In high school,she was always late for class.It annoyed her teachers very much,and she was often in trouble because of it.She had to do extra homework all the time.Sometimes the teachers made her stand in the comer The teachers spoke to her parents about it.She received all kinds of different punishment for being late,but nothing seemed to help.The next day she would be late again.展开更多
Although many Chinese scholars have concentrated on Jane Eyre, yet few of them have made research on the other works of Charlotte Bronte. This paper will analyze Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette in terms of ambiguity o...Although many Chinese scholars have concentrated on Jane Eyre, yet few of them have made research on the other works of Charlotte Bronte. This paper will analyze Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette in terms of ambiguity of gender, in order to disclose the writing career of Charlotte and the influence that she has placed on the latter women writers.展开更多
文摘The gaze is a means of power that can flow through family relationships.It has intense regulatory overtones.In her short story Mr.Tang’s Girls,Malaysian-Chinese Anglophone diasporic writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim shows the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures and the resistance of women under the oppression of patriarchy through the portrayal of the father,Ah Kong,and the eldest daughter,Kim Li.Based on Foucault’s discipline gaze and Hooks’oppositional gaze,this article analyzes the power operation in the story from the following three aspects:the male gaze,discipline and self-discipline,and the oppositional gaze.Kim Li’s subjective image of breaking free from male ownership control has been presented.It suggests the difficulties encountered by female groups in their rebellion against the male gaze and their pursuit of freedom and emancipation.It also reflects the tragedy of awakening women’s destinies under the dual oppression of patriarchy and the East-Westen cultural conflict.
文摘In both Lu Xun＇s ＂The New Year＇s Sacrifice＂ （1924） and Shirley Jackson＇s ＂The Lottery＂ （1948）, a woman is made a sacrificial victim by her village community, one symbolically and one literally. Using the two stories as my cross-cultural examples, I ponder the connection between the failure of sympathy and patriarchal sacrificial logic, and ask what literature can do to help create the condition of possibility for moral agency.
文摘This work is an exploration of how racialized characters operate in"After you,My Dear Alphonse"and"Flower Garden"of Shirley Jackson.In each of these stories,a white female gets frustrated when she encounters a black person,and her whiteness—a network of presumptions,emotional expectations,and prejudices that delineates her gender identity is also gradually collapsing.Through the lenses of race and gender,we can see the author’s observation and insight of the status of the individual female in the mid-20th century America.
文摘The Lottery is American female writer Shirley Jackson's masterpiece, telling a story about an annual event on June 7 th practiced to ensure a good harvest in a small town in contemporary America. Throughout the whole story,symbols are very well used to reveal the deep meaning. In the short story, the names of characters,people's acts and words and the color of some objects symbolize the fate of the victim, the obstinacy and indifference of the villagers and the cruel essence of this ritual.
文摘Shirley was always late.This was especially a problem for her in school.In high school,she was always late for class.It annoyed her teachers very much,and she was often in trouble because of it.She had to do extra homework all the time.Sometimes the teachers made her stand in the comer The teachers spoke to her parents about it.She received all kinds of different punishment for being late,but nothing seemed to help.The next day she would be late again.
文摘Although many Chinese scholars have concentrated on Jane Eyre, yet few of them have made research on the other works of Charlotte Bronte. This paper will analyze Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette in terms of ambiguity of gender, in order to disclose the writing career of Charlotte and the influence that she has placed on the latter women writers.
