An Analysis of Identity-Quest in The Woman Warrior from the Perspective of Diaspora Theory_英语论文

摘要

汤亭亭的第一部小说《女勇士》描述了华裔离散女性的艰苦经历，她们要面对来自父权社会和种族歧视的双重压迫。小说一出版就在国内外引起了广泛关注。作为一个离散种族，华裔美国人显示出离散群体明显的文化认同特征。本论文基于族裔离散理论，探索了《女勇士》中的身份构建问题，包括性别身份和文化身份。最后得出结论：离散族裔女性为了建立新的身份，必须同时融合男性和女性特征，并且同时接受东西方文化。

关键词：离散理论; 美国华裔; 身份; 文化

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Maxine Hong Kingston 1

1.2 The Woman Warrior 2

1.3 Literature Review 3

2. Diaspora Criticism Theory 4

2.1 The Concept of Diaspora 4

2.2 Diaspora Criticism Theory 4

2.3 The Woman Warrior and Diaspora Theory 6

3. Pursuit of Gender Identity in The Woman Warrior 6

3.1 Male Oppression Imposed on Chinese Diasporic Women 7

3.2 Struggling for Gender Identity 8

3.2.1 The New Image of Fa Mulan 9

3.2.2 Brave Orchid 10

3.3 Diasporic Woman’ s New Female Identity 12

4. Pursuit of Cultural Identity in The Woman Warrior 12

4.1 Racial Discrimination Imposed on Chinese Diaspora 13

4.2 Struggling for Cultural Identity 15

4.2.1 The First-generation Diaspora’s Struggling for Cultural Identity 15

4.2.2 The Second-generation Diaspora’s Struggling for Cultural Identity 16

4.3 Chinese Diaspora’ s New Bi-culture Identity 18

5. Conclusion 19

Reference 21