《女勇士》中女性的双重性格分析_英语论文

An Analysis of the Women’s Dual Character in The Woman Warrior

摘要

出生于美国加利福尼亚州的美籍华裔女作家汤亭亭在1976年发表了她人生的第一部小说——《女勇士》。作品一经发表便受到了广大美国读者的喜爱，并成为了当时市场上的畅销书。而这部小说也奠定了汤亭亭成为美国华裔文学代表人物的基础。汤亭亭在《女勇士》这一书中通过讲故事的形式为读者们塑造了几个性格迥异的女性角色，比如：“无名女人”、“花木兰”、 “月兰”等。而作为贯穿整篇小说的两个重要人物——汤亭亭及其母亲“勇兰”，作者以也通过讲故事的形式来刻画这两个人物的形象和性格特征。与美国移民一代的母亲“勇兰”相比，作为美籍华裔二代的汤亭亭在性格上与母亲有着很大的不同，但在某些方面却也存在着相似性。并且二者的相似和不同都体现在她们各自的双重性格当中。本篇论文就《女勇士》中的勇兰与其女儿汤亭亭的性格特征进行分析，为读者解读存在于勇兰和她美国移民二代女儿汤亭亭身上的双重性格。

关键词： 双重性格；父权制；种族主义；文化冲突；华裔美国人 

Abstract

Born in California, the Chinese-American female writer, Maxine Hong Kingston, published her first novel The Woman Warrior in 1976. As soon as the novel was published, it was widely received by American readers and totally became a bestseller at that time. Thus, the success of this novel helps her lay the foundation of becoming the representative of Chinese-American literature. By telling talk-stories, Maxine Hong Kingston builds several female images, such as “no name woman”, “Fa Mulan” and “Moon Orchid”, etc. What’s more, in the talk-stories, the author describes two major female characters, Brave Orchid and Kingston, who exist throughout the whole novel. By reading the stories, the readers can know that Kingston is very different from her mother Brave Orchid in personality. But there’s still something in common. The similarity and difference between them two lie in their own dual character. By analyzing Kingston and her mother’s personality, the paper tries to inform the readers of the dual character that exists in both Brave Orchid and her second-generation Chinese-American daughter, Kingston.

Key Words: Dual character; Patriarchy; Racism; Cultural Collision; Chinese-Americans