The Male Awareness Behind The Female Awareness In "the Destiny Of Rebirth"

The Tanci-novel is one form of popular literature spread far and wide in Ming and Qing Dynasty. Bulks of excellent works are created by women writers. It reflects the realistic life and shows the tragic fortune of women in the form of voluminous verse. At the same time, it creates many outstanding female images, which has a unique value in advocating female awareness and in publicizing feminist opinions."The Destiny of Rebirth"created by Chen Duansheng is one of the best works basing on the form of Tanci-novel. The author portrays a distinctive image of woman in feudal age. The rebellious spirits of the heroine, Meng Lijun show female awareness to some extent and exist with unavoidable male awareness.We make analyses of the female awareness from two aspects—female awareness of independence and society. Meng Lijun has a strong awareness of independence. She nurses a grievance against the yoke of the feudal dogma upon women and asks to be master of her own destiny. She holds on her own opinion on the marriage, which means that she doesn't want to recover her female identity and requires economic independence. Meanwhile she dressed up in men's clothes has an active social participating awareness by joining social activities and shouldering social responsibility, which presents the concern of social reality given by women.