According to the theory of Lacan's symbolic order, gender identity is determined by the culture that people live in.The culture is the chief determinant of women's gender and their destiny. The Woman Warrior i...According to the theory of Lacan's symbolic order, gender identity is determined by the culture that people live in.The culture is the chief determinant of women's gender and their destiny. The Woman Warrior is the autobiographical novel of Maxine Hong Kingston, in which there are different women images who live in different cultures. The this paper focuses on analyzing the tragic fate of"no name woman"who lives in traditional Chinese patriarchy culture and the hard experience of"I"who struggles between Chinese patriarchy culture and American feminism culture.展开更多
The figuration of the dragon is quite eye-catching and meaningful, particularly in the second episode of The Woman Warrior. By analyzing the image of the dragon in the text, and the relations of the dragon to the Chin...The figuration of the dragon is quite eye-catching and meaningful, particularly in the second episode of The Woman Warrior. By analyzing the image of the dragon in the text, and the relations of the dragon to the Chinese mythology and the traditional Chinese medicine, this study argues Kingston has universalized the Chinese culture and exhibted her transnational world-view.展开更多
文摘According to the theory of Lacan's symbolic order, gender identity is determined by the culture that people live in.The culture is the chief determinant of women's gender and their destiny. The Woman Warrior is the autobiographical novel of Maxine Hong Kingston, in which there are different women images who live in different cultures. The this paper focuses on analyzing the tragic fate of"no name woman"who lives in traditional Chinese patriarchy culture and the hard experience of"I"who struggles between Chinese patriarchy culture and American feminism culture.
文摘The figuration of the dragon is quite eye-catching and meaningful, particularly in the second episode of The Woman Warrior. By analyzing the image of the dragon in the text, and the relations of the dragon to the Chinese mythology and the traditional Chinese medicine, this study argues Kingston has universalized the Chinese culture and exhibted her transnational world-view.
