Variedness In "Red" China

In relation to the Chinese novels on Cultural Revolution and taking ChenruoXi and Hajin as examples, this dissertation mainly focuses on the systematic analysis on the theme shift of novels on Cultural Revolution by generations of overseas Chinese and interprets their works and researches in the perspectives of psychoanalysis, close reading, postcolonial cultural theory and New Historicism.The introduction summarizes the basic trends, general characteristics and limitations of the novels on Cultural Revolution in China Mainland, pointing out that social needs, context, and cultural backgrounds are the main reasons that distinguish the two schools of writers historically in motivation, strategies, values and spiritual dimension. In addition, the author analyzes the fact in this part that themes were transferred and developed among different generations of overseas writers. Furthermore, he defines the themes, styles, regions, time range and related works and summarizes the domestic and overseas analysis on these writers.The body has four chapters in which variedness in "red" China novels is presented by the overseas writers.The first chapter witnesses the overseas intellects who returned to China and left their motherland eventually. ChenruoXi's novels are taken as examples to illustrate the psychological reasons why those intellects were willing to return to their motherland firstly; and then to illustrate the cultural and social researches on the broken"Returners'Myth"on the basis of two characteristics of Chinese Populism, revealing the basic reasons why those intellects failed to realize their dreams to save China; and last to illustrate four kinds of psychologies and their development that the migrants, mainly the educated youth possess.The nationalism of overseas Chinese and its development are portrayed in details in second chapter. They have undergone the development from"Obsession with China"to"Chinese obsession". To begin with, the author demonstrates that the intellects portrayed in Taiwan writers'(so called a rootless generation) works are nationalists in psychology. The reason why they'd like to go back to their motherland lies in their patriotism and pursuit of sense of belonging. Secondly, he states the creative transfer in the feelings of being concerned with their motherland among the migrants writers. In 1980, the traveler portrayed in Suwei's and ZhajianYing's works is a representative who starts to seek for individualism. In the early 1990s, the characters in Zhouli's novels are transformed into"Chinese obsession", in which the violent clashes between nationalism and migration were replaced by the strong desire to return to their motherland. In the mid-1990 and later period, the characters in the novels written by YangeLing finally fulfilled their goals, that is, to pursue the individualism in turbulent days and identify themselves as"half-nationalists". In the third chapter, the author shows us how overseas novels on Cultural Revolution develop and analyzes the strategy of"orientalism"that is employed to cater to the occidental customs and aesthetics. Then he illustrates Hajin's originality in the portrait of human nature, ordinary lives in turbulent days, tragedies and romances as well as scoundrelism in common people, thus revealing the value and significance in his works.In the fourth chapter, the author uses XuziDong's viewpoints on novels on Cultural Revolution for reference and puts up with his opinion that the theme of all the overseas novels on Cultural Revolution is anti-salvation that includes hopelessness and invalidity in rescuing both themselves and their loves and the lack of rescue in politics as well.Conclusion: This part is a comprehensive conclusion in which the author sums up his dissertation in four aspects, that is, the intellects who returned and left their motherland, identity that the overseas writers sought, non-mother-tongue writing, and anti-salvation. The significance of these factors and the roles they play in the works on Cultural Revolution are also analyzed.