从互文性角度分析花木兰的女性形象-以汤婷婷《女勇士》和《木兰赋》为例_英语论文

An Intertextual Analysis of the Female Images of Fa Mulan ---in The Woman Warrior and Mulan Ballad  

摘要

随着西方女权主义运动的发展，女性从自身的理性思考出发，逐渐树立起女性主体意识，重新审视自己，观察世界。本文希望通过克里斯蒂娃互文性理论,研究汤婷婷的《女勇士》和《木兰辞》中花木兰鲜明的女性形象，本文分为两个部分:批判性继承和创造性叛逆,对花木兰形象的再度回眸和全新的阐释.首先,批判性继承将通过戏仿的角度,研究《女勇士》中"战马上的女将军”花木兰在名称和代父从军部分对《木兰辞》的继承;另外,木兰刺字情节对岳母刺字典故的戏仿继承,展示了新木兰所具有的坚强,勇敢的个性.接着,在创造性叛逆中,本文着重探索木兰在新的女性价值观，女性沉默和女性尊严三方面的不懈追求和斗争,展现了自尊自立的女性主义形象.

关键词  汤婷婷  女勇士  互文性  木兰赋  女性主义

Abstract 

With the development of the Western women movement, women start to re-examine themselves, to observe the world with their rational sense. From the perspective of Kristiva’s intertextuality, this paper will discuss the female image of Mulan from Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior and The Mulan Ballad. This thesis will be seperated into two parts: critical inheritance and creative adaption, which has a review and new interpretation on the images of Mulan. 

Firstly, parody is the main point of critical inheritance. In this part, it will exam the inheritance in the names and plot of going to the front of the Ms. General on horse from The Woman Warrior to The Mulan Ballad; besides, the inheritance of the prick on Mulan’s back is the parody of the Ode of Yue Fei, which makes an allusion to Mulan’s strength and brave. Secondly, creative adaption has a great emphasis on the unremitting pursuit and struggle of Mulan in new female values, voicing the silence, establishing dignity, which reveals a new woman image with self-respect, independence.

Keywords  Maxine Hong Kingston  The Woman Warrior  Intertextuality The Mulan Ballad  Feminism

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1  Significance of the study 1

1.2  Literature Review 1

1.3  Theoretical Framwork 3

1.4  The Structure of the Thesis 3

2  Critical Inheritance from The Mulan Ballad to The Woman Warrior 4

2.1 The Ms. General on Horse the parody of Mulan Imagery 4

2.2  The Prick on the Back the parody of the Ode of Yue Fei 5

3  Creative adaption about the awakening of feminism from The Mulan Ballad to The Woman Warrior 6

3.1  Searching for Women's Values 6

3.2 Voicing the Silent 8

3.3  Establishing Dignity 9

Conclusion 11

Acknowledgements 12

References 13