A Comparative Study Of Courtesan Image Between Chinese And Western Literature

Since patriarchy is established, men and women have differences be emphasized.Thousands of years, women can only suffer in silence with all externally imposed, andstrive to follow the way of the male discourse to shape their own. The courtesan as aspecial group of women, it is silent in the world of men melt. In the analysis of thisgroup portrait of the courtesan, we were attracted by their beauty and talent. We sawtheir kindness and helpless, and felt their tough courage: the resistance and challengeto the society. They were so helpless in their destiny, but put us in the charminglandscape. In the courtesan’s body there are many worthy of our consideration. Theirtalent extended to today’s women. Their influence is involved in the fiction, movie,TV and other fields. Therefore, as a literary figure, the courtesan has its irreplaceablecultural significance and unique value of literary studies.The courtesans, due to specific historical conditions and social environmentcreated as a special group in the women, and have the group portrait of the common.At the same time, because of the differences between Chinese and Western culture, tobe molded into different characters, thus present a image of the differences. Thisthesis is a comparative study of Chinese and Western literary courtesan image in theimages of common, image differences. From the specific text and take parallel studyway, thinking in Chinese and Western literature courtesan image similarities anddifferences, to explore the differences between Chinese and Western culture on thisspecial group are caused by different effects.In the introduction introduces the term “courtesan” and to distinguish betweenthe courtesans and prostitutes.The first chapter mainly discusses the definition of courtesan and list ofcourtesan image in Chinese and Western literature.The second chapter mainly discusses the image of courtesan in Chinese andWestern literature group general character. Whether Chinese literature of thecourtesan image, or in Western literature from the courtesan image, they all havesimilar physical capital, similar multiple personality and similar life trajectory. Theirsimilarity is determined by the specific characters, and contains both in Western social background and urban background.The third chapter mainly discussed the difference of Chinese and Westernliterature courtesan image. Through the literature of Chinese and Western courtesanimage, in their own roles, love and self-consciousness development on the analysis ofthe difference of the track. Resolve courtesan image of the difference in Chinese andWestern literature, and explore the differences of Chinese and Western cultures.In conclusion in mainly discusses courtesan image in the extension of modernsociety.