寻找心灵的家园 陈染和谭恩美小说比较研究PDF电子书下载

INTRODUCTION 1

A．Chen Ran and Amy Tan—A Biographical Sketch 2

B．Rationale for a Comparison between Chen Ran and Amy Tan 8

C．Organization of the Book 19

CHAPTER Ⅰ SETTING THE SCENE AND A LITERATURE REVIEW 21

A．Research Questions and Selection of Materials 21

B．Research Methodologies 23

C．Previous Scholarship on Chen Ran and Amy Tan 34

CHAPTER Ⅱ MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP—FROM REBELLION TO RECONCILIATION 51

A．Representations of the Mother in Contemporary Western and Chinese Narratives 51

B．A Thematic Comparison on Mother-Daughter Relationship 59

CHAPTER Ⅲ HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP—FROM ATTACHMENT TO BANISHMENT 81

A．Awakening Identity in Westem and Chinese Female Literary Tradition 81

B．A Thematic Comparison on Heterosexual Relationship 87

CHAPTER Ⅳ SISTERHOOD—FROM CONSOLATION TO SALVATION 121

A．Sisterhood Is Powerful 122

B．A Thematic Comparison on Sisterhood 126

C．Acceptance of Sisterhood:A Cross-Cultural Comparison 146

CHAPTER Ⅴ ACOMPARISON OF METAPHORICALIMAGERIES 159

A．Dreams,Illusions and Women's Identity Crisis 159

B．The Mirror and Women's Self-Recognition 169

C．Birds and Women's Dream of Independence 175

CHAPTER Ⅵ WRITING STR ATEGIES OF CHEN RAN AND AMY TAN 185

A．Chen Ran's Personalized Writing and Gender-Transcendent Consciousness 185

B．Amy Tan—Talk Story and Matrilineal Reconstruction 201

C．Divergent Strategies,Same Pursuit 212

CONCLUSION 219

REFERENCES 225