The Self-examination In The Female-consciousness Of Eileen Chang's Works

The vigorous development of New Chinese cultural trend of thought in 20'scentury brought a tideway of emancipation o women. From then on, women began topay attention to their fortune and value. The thought of equality of men and womenlike a rising wind and scudding clouds spread all over China. At the same time, manyexcellent female authors appeared in the literates. Most of them have strongfemale-consciousness, also have particular angle of view, they narrated images, fatesand minds of women in their works, gave voice to their intense attention of womenfates. Eileen Chang, a female author who came into the Chinese literates in the 40's,also has very strong consciousness of women. She pay attention to the fate of women,to the development of women, she also showed sympathy for the miserable fate of thewomen lived in the old China. Therefore, from the first novel of Chang, shecontinuously insisted on the description and consideration of the tragedy of women.But in the process of the description, she acquired many new viewpoints and opinionsfor the reason of the women-tragedy. On the one hand, she criticized male supremacythat resulted the women-tragedy, on the other hand, she began to scan the women,tried to find the inside reason of the women-tragedy. She keenly felt that, the oldChinese women had intrinsic shortcomings and demerits in their minds. Furthermore,these defaults and ideas had deeply imprinted on women's mind, and influenced theirdaily lives. Their souls are aberrant, and already belong to themselves. The absolutelyadhered themselves to their husband, don't have any own thoughts. As time passed,women lost themselves. Eileen Chang wanted to let women know, women have the same right with men,there is no need to live depended on men. They should realize their predominance andself-value, get rid of the chain of male supremacy and their servility to men. So and soonly, women will live free and graceful. Chang's spirit of self-examination is veryvaluable and worshipful in that time. Just because of the spirit of self-examination,Eileen Chang is a very excellent women novelist in Chinese modern literature history.