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The Descontructon Of "Motherhood Mythol" Ogy In The90’s Female Novels

Posted on:2014-04-18Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y N ZhuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330425469253Subject:China Literature
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Motherhood, is synonymous with heavenliness and sublime, which has supreme statusin the heart of the people."Motherhood worship "as a kind of wide and long cultural traditionand spiritual complex, has been infiltrated in the history of the female group. In the traditionalsystem of patriarchal utterance, the male group creates image of motherhood and the normsand principles of behavior with manipulation for cultural symbol system, specifies the valueof the female group, at the same time the patriarchal utterance creates the phantom of"motherhood mythology" for the female group. However, in the90’s female novels, thefemale writers present an obvious consciousness of "anti-motherhood mythology" for theshaping of the image of motherhood.This paper is based on the90’s literary work that female writers create,the representativenovel text as the object of study, and combines with trend of thought in the contemporaryliterary and cultural, then deeply and carefully analyses the phenomenon of the deconstructionof "motherhood mythology" in90’s female novels from different perspective, and discussesreal survival truth and complex inner emotion of the image of motherhood that is covered bythe central words of the male. It reveals cultural attribute of motherhood and historical fate ofthe female group in the past, present and future rational scrutiny of motherhood. This paperdeconstructs the sacred motherhood from two directions: subversive image of motherhoodand the conflict between mother and daughter, which is the main focus of the paper.Chapter one "The world of motherhood in historical sky" mainly discusses the origin of"motherhood mythology" in the social culture and the inheritance and the end in the femaleliterature. It has an insight into the conspiracy of gender culture behind mother’sdivinitywhich is eulogized by deep analysis of the image of motherhood in ancient China and the fivefour period, and expatiates the reason why90’s female writers break "motherhoodmythology".The second chapter "The subversion of image of motherhood" mainly expoundsthat the mother betray the holy maternal by own behavior, and creates "ugly" mother, libidinalmother, peeking mother. These variant, distorted mothers and mother love show gloomyhumanity that is hidden behind the glorious image, and deconstructs the heavenliness andsublime of traditional motherhood, then female writers attempt to rewrite the history of thefemale group and cultural space. The third chapter " Entanglement of relationship betweenmother and daughter" mainly discusses common deconstruction for "motherhood mythology"both mother-daughter. Through the daughter perspective it scans the emotional entanglements of mother-daughter for alienation and desire, jealousy and resentment, possession andbreakthrough, continuity and escape. This returns the psychological and emotional experienceof mother-daughter that is covered by ran foul and conflict of each other in daily life, andreflects motherhood’s fetters of blood chain and tragic fate of the history.
Keywords/Search Tags:motherhood, the image of motherhood, deconstruct, the conflict ofmother-daughter
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