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The Exploration Of Disserted Wives In The Chinese Modern Woman Writers' Literary Works

Posted on:2010-11-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q ShenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360275979203Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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In regard to the phenomenon of "the abandoned wives",the academic world's research emphasized on "the husbands who abandon their wives",they anatomized the contradiction and complexity of society and human nature from the aspects of society, politics,culture,history by social history science,and exploited the significance of the social history and the national culture and psychology's change.This article attempts analyzes the attention of female survival condition and the discussion of female consciousness which expressed by molding the figures of "the abandoned wives" and proceeds from "the abandoned wives" figures in Chinese modern woman writers' literary works.This article is composed by three parts of the foreword,the main body and the conclusion.The foreword introduces the history and the present of "the abandoned wives" figure study and the significance to study this topic.The first chapter give a clear definition of "the abandoned wives" figure,so to distinguish the general concept,then it analyzes the social origin why "the abandoned wives"appeared,and according to the different expression,divide China ancient "the abandoned wives" figure into two styles of direct expression and indirect self-analogy which to be used to generalize common cultural connotation as a kind of literature prototype and get the conclusion that China ancient "the abandoned wives" figure is a kind of "void signifier" though them character traits.On the second chapter,"the abandoned wives" figures in Chinese modern woman writers' literary works are classified according to the different expression characteristics as well as the age background:the old type female who abandoned because of the change of thought and the new type "abandoned wives" who respond to the age and pursue personality liberation during the "Wu-Si" period;"the abandoned wives" who "want to be slaves but cann't " and "the spirit abandoned wives" who "can be slaves temporarily" and were stranded by family without revolting in Zhang Ailing's works;the modern professional female who were struggling during the family and the enterprise,then were in the awkward situation,finally also were abandoned.The third chapter emphasizes unique female viewpoint and female self-expression manner of woman writers during the "Wu-Si" period through comparing "the abandoned wives" figures in man writers' works during this period.This chapter analyzes that in Zhang Ailing's works "the spirit abandoned wives" figures expressed that the female self-analysis consciousness were strengthened comparing woman writers during the "Wu-Si" period.Though analyzing the awkward situation which the modern professional female faced in Shu Qing's works,the chapter express the denial of that women liberation depended on economical independent during the "Wu-Si" period.Comparing the literary figures during the same period,the Chinese modern woman writers expressed the originality and the significance of that the female consciousness were awaking though "the abandoned wives" figures.The conclusion summarizes this article's basic content,and points out the reality significance of female consciousness which expressed by molding "the abandoned wives" figures in Chinese modern woman writers' literary works.
Keywords/Search Tags:Modern literature, woman writers, the abandoned wives, female consciousness, significance
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