The Female Temperament Of Shanghai's City Writing Since 1990s

Since 1990s, Shanghai grows up again with rapid speed and rebuild its image as international metropolis. At the same time, Shanghai pursues its cultural self-identity. In the literary area, from the 1990s, in the sequence of urban literary expression, the case in Shanghai seems spectacular. Shanghai urban literary expression embodied of strong female character is substantially different from those with male or neutral character. In the trace of Shanghai urban literary expression, the influential writings were almost composed by female writers, and in these works, female often become the soul and crutch of these novels, and then rise as the spirits symbols of Shanghai. This made the literature reflect a unique imagines relationship between Shanghai female and then reflects a quite soft female character since 1990s.The female urban image generated from Shanghai urban literary expression since 1990s. This is an expressive a worth-speculating literary and cultural phenomena. This essay will investigate and set off from this literary phenomenon, then sort out how the female could become the spirit symbol of Shanghai, and the male could be reflected powerless and defeated. This essay analyzes the cause of the female Shanghai urban image in literary outputs from the angle of cultural geography, sociology, urban culture and etc.This essay is divided as follow: the preface sort out the history, summery and status quo of the Shanghai urban literary expression since 1990s. On the point of the relationship between feminization and Shanghai leaves space for us to investigate in. Chapter one points out that the root of Shanghai urban literary expression existed for a long time. Since 1990s, in Shanghai urban literary expression, Shanghai female has become the sign of this city, meanwhile the male has become a subordinate forgotten and educed part. Then I investigate that since 1990s the establishment and performance of female character of Shanghai urban literary expression which are the establishment of female daily life space and detailed experience and expression. Chapter two, through specific analysis of the writings, investigates the detailed performance of female character in Shanghai urban literary expression-female rise to the spirit symbol of Shanghai, while male image declined. This makes the form of female urban image of Shanghai. Chapter three analyzes the causes including natural correspondence between female and city, urban corporality and consumerism, Shanghai culture and world spirit, petty bourgeois. Chapter four investigates the compose limitation of Shanghai urban literary expression in 1990s located sexual narrate and consider that the banishment of thought and the intensive glamorization of reminiscence actually express Shanghai Writer's inability of reality, finally makes the Shanghai urban literary expression become simplification, feminization. The conclusion points out that the problems of Shanghai urban literary expression since 1990s and consider that great changes in Shanghai in the recent years and the rich living experience need to be deeply thought and patient expression, by doing so, Shanghai urban literary expression could have its own personality, vitality and spiritual connotation.