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The Little Mermaid’s Fairy Tale Memory And Calling Of The Reality

Posted on:2014-02-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q TanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330395991217Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Yan Geling is a contemporary important migrant writer. She works in the saturate personal life experience of character image.The unique culture and its narrative perspective and the dislocation of the language style which in her works make her be popular with both folk readers and academic researchers.What’s more, those works made her get a lot of literary awards both at home and abroad.Most of Yan’s novels around the feminist emotion which from herself. And this kind of emotion caused her consciously or unconsciously staring at the females who are created from herself for many times, just staring at-not look down at, admire inspect or watch intently.Of course, all these come from her deep concern and care.about the women.The majority of important works issued by Yan are around by strong female emotions, which is also an important creative feature of Yan. Study of her life is a key to understand the personal feeling in her creations, which is called,"crossing ferry". The scared, Chinese Cultural Revolution brought to Yan Geling is unforgettable. Was born in the late1950s, Yan Geling experienced a very bad period in childhood, by her parent been humiliated, her relative lives far away,surrounding by lies. This memory will undoubtedly impact Yans creation thereafter, it became "the cinnabar on heart" Then, Immigrants brought the pain to her like " Life transplantation", made her started to create a lot of work from a great cultural perspective regarding the struggling women in the maelstrom.With the continuous development of society since the1980s, and the voice of the women’s liberation, Modern women blindly chasing after the equality of the sexes, regardless of female particular character, to be deliberately "male"., strive to win. Calling for weak human nature, Yan have got to remember the memories of the little mermaid in childhood, and mentioned several times in her article, she is looking for the kindness and dedication, sacrifice and forgiveness, like the little mermaid. As a result, She was describing the ideal female figure, little mermaid loser: Even though they are weak by all kinds of oppression, the kindness and gentleness and tolerance in their nature become indelible solar pillar, this pillar give them stoic and strong, and the courage to live, also the capacity to rescue men. The female in her creation, looks weak, actually strong; Against the male who have strong body but hidden with hypocrisy and weakness, the female is willing to be the weak so that make they have more fresh vitality. This vitality come from female particular kindness saved the male gradually dwindled soul.Although Yan never self-proclaimed as a "feminist writer ",as a conscious women thinkers and the writing, she make a thinking about the fate of women which is different from others,draw support from "little mermaid" women in her novels.She think:women excessive "male" and in the struggle for rights will make the strong destruction of their nature,.What’s more,it is a deadly blow to gender harmony in the world. And Taoism claim that he weak can become strong,and vice versa.which can provides another thinking direction in women survival.The author through her work, calling from the weakness women’s original traditional goodness, and also,she hope that everyone will be good because of the women in her novels,which can realize the real harmony and equality in the world between the sexes.
Keywords/Search Tags:Yan Geling, Feminine Writing, Female Figures, Women Losers
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