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Female In The Labor Literature

Posted on:2013-03-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y ZhouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330374491990Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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"Labor literature" was invented at the forward-edge field of reform and open policy Shenzhen in1980s. The main writers are the awakening person of the numerous migrant workers. They were aware of their misfortune early, and they were angry with the discrimination, deception and unequal treatment. Among these migrant workers, the women workers were disadvantaged to the men workers. They were strengthless, low-cultural level, low-differentiation, easy-cheated in relationships and coward when were treated unequally. They were the weak groups of the many migrant workers.Labor literature revealed the poor condition of the women workers: they didn’t have much money, and they were exploited by the bosses. Labor literature also revealed the sufferings in their spirit:they couldn’t find their self-worth, they didn’t have ideal relationships. Meanwhile, there were successful women workers in the labor literature:they had made their dreams come true. The subjective consciousness of the women workers varied from none to great. They didn’t have subjective when they were at countryside because of the traditional concept of women and men were unequal, they got aware of it when they came to the cities. After working for a while in the cities, they were aware of their self-existence:their bodies belonged to themselves and they had dignity. Labor literature was written by the writers, whether they took part in it or stood by, the effect was different. Also, the effect was influenced by the gender of the writers. There were two types of writers about the labor literature:those who were among the workers and those who were professional. They were different when they wrote the works. Meanwhile, labor literature was influenced by politics and market. The works were the result of all the factors. Writing about the female in labor literature has rich connotation:it reveals part of the contradictions between the urban and rural, it explores the worth of rural women at contemporary era, and it also riches the women writing. Also, there are something to be aware of when writing the labor literature. It must be alert to "endorsement" and "kitsch" and "vulgarization" of the tendency to adhere to the principle of combination of the creative principle of realism and "The Sound of Music, the writer from the" identity "and" aesthetic "two angles always concerned about their writing can not be merely on the work of the female image in which the narrative of the personal suffering and tragedy, while the depth to the social background, to reveal the source of working women sufferings.
Keywords/Search Tags:labor literature, women image, living situation, narrativeangle, value connotation
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