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The Interpretation Of Discourse Subjectivity In Chinese Female Novels In The 1990s

Posted on:2009-03-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X F ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360245468450Subject:Literature and art
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The feminine issue is always one of important social problems attached people more attention, but the core of feminine issue is feminine's status. Many scholars hold that the subjectivity of females'discourse is the key factor to change the status of female. Only feminine's subjectivity is completely established and obtained, their social status then can be conducted to develop themselves. However, if feminine will establish and display their subjectivity completely, they must improve and enhance their status on the basis of social life and practice of production. Meanwhile, female should conduct their own subjectivity of discourse by various ways, among which female writer's works is a very powerful force of female's discourseFoucault's theory of"discource-power"is with a view that language is human being's creation. Language is a common and unconscious structure of social groups during a very period of time. As a real power, language decides the situations of science, culture, politics and economy, also makes a decision of the standard of judgment whether something is right or wrong. He states that"the discourse""causes the event to occur", and"creates ourselves". He regards cultural strength indicated by language and the contradiction of language as the condition to make a society change. However, language used in the world is male's language, in other words, male is discourse of this world. Human being's existing language as a system of symbols, the writing way, the system of the thoughts, the philosophy, the literature symbolism and so on all endowes with the operational way of power. Female must establish their subjectivity through discource field which represented by male language's order to ensure their discourse. Nevertheless, the construction and expression of female's discourse must be built on the true reproduction and performance of female's lives and experience, the feelings of soul.Thesis discusses how female's discourse interpretation constructs feminine's subjectivity in the new historical environment, based on an analysis of discourse of Chinese feminine's novels in 1990s, as well as illustrates how comprehend the situation of female's life and fate. Modernity is the realistic question which is related to the life significance and fate of human being's. The central topic of modernity is people's subjectivity. Individual subjectivity and modernity can be expressed through discourses, and Chinese female's individual subjectivity and modernity are fully emboded in the 1990s novels, which represents a performance and expansion of liberalism and humanity. Discourse presentates highly females'gender and subjectivity which is conducted by the freedom, the basic content among elements. The pursuit of freedom constitutes the basic value of female in the modern society during 1990s period of time. Therefore, female novels are deeply branded with the brand of female's personal freedom.Consciousness of subjectiviey and the formation and development of modernity expressed in Chinese feminine novels in the 1990s represent the main request for the establishment of female's subjectivity. After establishing feminine subjectivity status being, female can rely on themselves to fulfill self-determination and self-realization. As long as the discourses and field of subjectivity are understood, people can have the ability to find those imprisoing factors to influence females'thinking and behaviours, gradually make their discourses reflect in the mainstream of discourse. Thus, the reconstuction of females'subjectivity on the basis of feminine discourse can further improve and enhance the social status of female. It is believed that females'discourse is to enter gradually the mainstream of discourse, in order to achieve the reconstruction of consciousness of gender one the basis of discourse. Therefore, female are to be the main body in the society so as to change their social status.
Keywords/Search Tags:Feminine Novels, the Interpretation of Discourse, the Subjectivity, Modernity
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