从《华女阿五》看黄玉雪在跨文化环境下的成长_英语论文

An Analysis of Jade Snow Wong’s Growth under the Intercultural Environment in  Fifth Chinese Daughter

摘要

自传体小说《华女阿五》是黄玉雪的成名之作，为华裔文学的繁荣奠定了基础。这部自传讲述了第二代华裔美国女孩黄玉雪在美国的艰辛成长历程。经过迷失中的探寻和翻盘后的回归，黄玉雪最终得到了家庭和社会的双重认可，她成为了一名出名的陶艺家，实现了真正意义上的成长。本文将先阐述黄玉雪的个人简介，华裔文学的界定并概述成长主题的定义及范畴，然后分析玉雪在跨文化环境下的成长生活中遇到的对种族歧视、性别歧视、教育方法的困惑，烦恼及奋斗，最后阐述玉雪作为典型华裔在跨文化环境下所取得的个人成就。

关键词：黄玉雪， 《华女阿五》， 华裔文学， 跨文化交际

Abstract

Jade Snow Wong’s Fifth Chinese Daughter is the famous work as autobiographical novel and it laid solid foundation for the prosperity of female Chinese American literature. The autobiography is about the story of second-generation Chinese American girl Jade Snow Wong’s rough process of growth in the United States. She finally realizes the real meaning of successful growth that she gets the dual recognition of the family and society and becomes a famous ceramist through exploring in lost and regression after struggle. The thesis aims at discussing Jade Snow Wong’s autobiographical novel of Fifth Chinese Daughter, the definition of Chinese American literature and the overview of Initiation story. On this base, bewilderment, agony and struggle about racial discrimination, gender prejudice and educational method in her growth in the intercultural environment are analyzed. To know more about Jade Snow’s double recognition from her family and the society , it finally displays her achievements gained both in her work and in society.  

Keywords: Jade Snow Wong; Fifth Chinese Daughter; Chinese American literature; intercultural communication

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

2.1 Jade Snow Wong and Fifth Chinese Daughter 2

2.2 The definition of Chinese American literature 3

2.3 An overview of Initiation story 4

3. Bewilderment, agony and struggle in her growth 6

3.1 Racial discrimination 6

3.2 Gender prejudice 7

3.3 Educational method 8

4. Achievements of her growth process 8

4.1 In her work 8

4.2 In society 9

5. Conclusion 11

Works Cited 12