Feminine Writings in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club
| Autor: | Huang Tzu-hui, 黃慈惠 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 96 The Joy Luck Club is a remarkable novel of Amy Tan, a Chinese American writer. There are already countless discussions about this novel. However, this thesis is trying to discuss The Joy Luck Club from an untouched angle—feminine writings. Tan presents the quality of the feminine in the novel. Through writing, Tan manages to save the trapped maternal voice from the masculine. The maternal voice is allowed a chance to speak up in the novel. Thus, the American-born daughters regain power from the maternal voice, and they can break through their predicaments of lives. Feminine writings refer to a writing style. The intensions of feminine writings are to break through the traditional barrier and to overthrow the patriarchy system of literature. Virginia Woolf is the first one who appeals for writing a feminine sentence. Then, three French Feminists: Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva encourage feminine writings and state their opinions individually. Cixous suggests that women should write their bodies. She argues that only women can truly understand the jouissance of the female. Irigaray stresses that mother-daughter relationship benefits from feminine writings. Kristeva highly emphasizes the idea of chora—a space shared by mother and baby. The chora is a special experience privileged to women. Therefore, maternal voice and maternal thinking are main characteristics of feminine writings. The Joy Luck Club illustrates the interactions and conflicts between the Chinese mothers and the American-born daughters. The text it -self is a chora. Through The Joy Luck Club, Tan implies readers that the maternal voice is the solutions to the daughters’ predicaments. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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