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The Study On Changing Of Mulan Image And Its Narrative From The Perspective Of Gender

Posted on:2009-10-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L HuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360272973030Subject:Ancient Chinese literature
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MuLan transvestiting to join the army for her father spreads widely in our country,although we are still unable to determine that in the history whether there is MuLan its person or not,but MuLan's story does spread widely in the Chinese folk and from the Tang Dynasty literary work that is really a fact.The research on MuLan's story spreading the evolution situation in the Chinese narrative literature,on the one hand we can make the dynamic historical examination to the MuLan's story with to comb,on the other hand we can also be from the MuLan's story by all previous dynasties writers how to reorganize,borrowing the gender angle of view to search analyzes the social culture to the writers and the MuLan this fable character's construction.But the research to the same transvestite female's narrative examinations like MuLan can from point to area unfolding the social culture how to influence the female.The above two points are this article's research goals and where the significance are.This article is divided into five chapters.The first chapter is to study MuLan in the historical narrative works,from which we can discriminate MuLan's authenticity in history.Because in some history works which are more historical than literature works,MuLan has "Wei","Zhu" two surnames,but in the contemporary MuLan's stories,MuLan has one surname "Hua" which has not appeared in the historical record.This chapter explains it from three aspects such as MuLan's birth's fable,the writers' rich romantic imagination as well as the folklore MuLan and her swore brotherhood sister to exchange their surnames.MuLan's surname in literary work is also different, no matter" Zhu MuLan","Wei MuLan" or "Hua Mu Lan" is the object we pay attention to research. The second chapter analyzes MuLan and MuLan narrative motifs in "MuLan Poem"."MuLan Poem" as source in Chinese narrative literature of MuLan story,has the vital significance.In "MuLan Poem" MuLan is a lively pure young girl;She joins the army for the father stemming from the solution to family crisis's need,and who is the daughter to a father unusual being filial to the utmost;MuLan is also the female who occupies in the standard.She is in keeping with the male power society people's certain thought desire and esthetic ideal.But MuLan,in the history marched forward has actually experienced all previous dynasties writer's reorganization.The narrative motifs in "MuLan Poem" after the analysis altogether has 10,comparing to narrative motifs in " MuLan Poem",unifying narrative motifs in literary work after " MuLan Poem",we can see clearly all previous dynasties writers add or neglect anything for MuLan and MuLan story.When we cleare off MuLan narrative spreading with the evolution,we can also clearly look at the appointed time generation and the social culture giving the influence to the writer.The third chapter researches MuLan narrates from the Tang to nowadays.Simultaneously this chapter also combs and classifies to this time's transvestite topical literature work.Through the analysis,we discovere that" Tang Dynasty's MuLan narrates is multiple,which feels emotion the color imagination and also has moral rigid theorizing.The two points both become descendant MuLan narrates permanent subjects.Song Dynasty's MuLan narrates emphasize on the young girl chastity idea.Yuan and Ming Dynasty's MuLan narrates the prominent performance for to heroically chaste,the tootsie,mild-mannered and so on at that time the society by convention to think that the female should have in the quality praise. Qing Dynasty's MuLan completely becomes a moral carrier,her load bearing "loyal","the filial piety","brave","fierce" and so on feudal societies are commending moral excellence.From the Tang to Qing MuLan narrates in the evolution,we may see very clearly how the social culture does turn a simple bright MuLan to a moral idol.MuLan's narrative motifs in this stage also increase to 21 from initial 10.Writes the legendary enhancement which through these motifs increases on the MuLan body to have,MuLan story is more complete,simultaneously MuLan story's narrative structure also even more trend closes.Through to MuLan type narrative work's analysis,we may see, because the angle of view(refers to masculine angle of view and feminine angle of view) the difference;the identical literature theme's work had the different significance completely in the different writer's writing.This article's fourth chapter studies a generation of literature to narrate now emphatically MuLan.MuLan's image narrates in a generation of literature gradually becomes now is really kind,MuLan narrates motifs in this stage have not increased excessively many female topics,which giving the first motif new thought connotation.For example to the war background's emphasis is the premise which the patriotic subject can publicize,and MuLan's love and marriage object change.The love way which is "command of the parents,word of the matchmaker" develops free to choose a mate,on the one hand this was reflecting the time change,simultaneously can also highlight the feminine main body consciousness the enhancement.The Disney MuLan makes the big merit by the female attire image,is a brightest female topic which is this stage MuLan narration's new motif.The female cannot draw support from man's image and the name,they are making the great enterprise by their sex,such MuLan no longer spends the overcautious life,not to use because of own sex,but the heart lives timid and the fear.The fifth chapter conducts the research now to the generation of MuLan's-like female,we may not only see the different writers to MuLan's view and understanding,but also can feel the Chinese females in a generation of growth.In brief,through to combing the Chinese narrative literature in MuLan and MuLan's type narrative,we can realize profoundly the story fable dynamic develops with the change in the history and we can also be able to feel strength of the social culture's great and irresistible strength of the construction.
Keywords/Search Tags:MuLan image, MuLan narrative, narrative motif, gender
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