Typical American is the representative work of Gish Jen,a famous Chinese American woman writer.This novel is based on the three youth,Ralph,Theresa,and Helen who came to America to study and then became American citiz...Typical American is the representative work of Gish Jen,a famous Chinese American woman writer.This novel is based on the three youth,Ralph,Theresa,and Helen who came to America to study and then became American citizens.This thesis tries to analyze the special psychological state of them from the perspective of psychoanalysis according to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory.Through the writing of this thesis,the author regards that their specific psychoanalytic state is a group features.To learn these special features can help us have a good understanding of people coming from different cultural backgrounds.展开更多
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
This thesis tries to explore the novel with the view of cultural identity and multiculturalism.Facing the multicultural American society,Gish Jen voices her strong support for American multiculturalism as symbolized b...This thesis tries to explore the novel with the view of cultural identity and multiculturalism.Facing the multicultural American society,Gish Jen voices her strong support for American multiculturalism as symbolized by "American salad bowl" in the novel Typical American,and insists that contemporary Americans should try to be new Americans by blending the best of various cultures existing in the United States.展开更多
文摘Typical American is the representative work of Gish Jen,a famous Chinese American woman writer.This novel is based on the three youth,Ralph,Theresa,and Helen who came to America to study and then became American citizens.This thesis tries to analyze the special psychological state of them from the perspective of psychoanalysis according to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory.Through the writing of this thesis,the author regards that their specific psychoanalytic state is a group features.To learn these special features can help us have a good understanding of people coming from different cultural backgrounds.
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.
文摘This thesis tries to explore the novel with the view of cultural identity and multiculturalism.Facing the multicultural American society,Gish Jen voices her strong support for American multiculturalism as symbolized by "American salad bowl" in the novel Typical American,and insists that contemporary Americans should try to be new Americans by blending the best of various cultures existing in the United States.
