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EXAMINING THE REPRESENTATION OF MODERN WOMEN IN 20th CENTURY
MODERN CHINESE FICTION: THE SEARCH FOR SELF IN COMPARISON OF
WORKS BY WOMEN AUTHORS DING LING AND EILEEN CHANG
by
Ting Zhu
______________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURE)
May, 2009
Copyright 2009 Ting Zhu
Object Description
| Title | Examining the representation of modern women in 20th century modern Chinese fiction: the search for self in comparison of works by women authors Ding Ling and Eileen Chang |
| Author | Zhu, Ting |
| Author email | tingzhu@usc.edu; tzhu1022@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | East Asian Languages & Cultures |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-11-14 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-02-23 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Cheung, Dominic |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Bialock, David Hayden, George |
| Abstract | Women authors played an important role in the construction of modern Chinese literature. Through their enlightened views of gender relations, a new image of women emerged as a tool for discussion on modernity. Narrative genres created by women writers, new concepts of the female identity are being created that challenge the inherited traditional gender assumptions. In the early 20th century, modern Chinese literary thought was produced under tremendous political turmoil and historical crisis. This study presents the search for self-independence in the construction of the female identity by women writers. Specifically, my insights are based on analyze and discussions of two women writers, Ding Ling and Eileen Chang. Through their works, the question of the female body with regards to her identity, physical body, and sexuality is constantly being challenged in order to present a new way to represent their perspectives on gender inequalities in society. |
| Keyword | East Asian studies; gender studies; modern Chinese women authors; modern Chinese literature |
| Coverage date | 1900/2000 |
| Coverage era | Twentieth Century |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1983 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Zhu, Ting |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Zhu-2411 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Zhu-2411.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | EXAMINING THE REPRESENTATION OF MODERN WOMEN IN 20th CENTURY MODERN CHINESE FICTION: THE SEARCH FOR SELF IN COMPARISON OF WORKS BY WOMEN AUTHORS DING LING AND EILEEN CHANG by Ting Zhu ______________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURE) May, 2009 Copyright 2009 Ting Zhu |
