《无声告白》中的他者形象分析 her” Images in Everything I Never Told You Abstract: The novel Everything I Never Told You is the Chinese-American writer Celeste Ng’s debut work.Its plot is fascinating; the writing is exquisite and the theme is profound.Since published, it has attracted widespread attention.The novel has not only become one of the best sellers in theNew York Times, but also won the 2014 Amazon Book of the Year. Throughout the study of the novel at home and abroad,it mainly focuses on the discussion of identity crisis, the comparative analysis of female characters,and the interpretation of Lydia’s tragedy as well as the family education in cross-culture; however, few people analyze the images of minority groups in the novel from the “Other” perspective. This thesis aims to analyze the “Other” images of Chinese Americans,females and homosexuals to reveal that how the “Other” finds the “Self”. The study finds that while constructing the “Other” images of theminority groups, Ng also tries to deconstruct the images of the “Other” and explore a way out for the minority group to find the “Self”. This plays a crucial role in studying Chinese-American literature form different perspectives. Keywords: Everything I Never Told You; the “Other” Image; Self; Chinese American Literature Table of Contents 1.Introduction 1 1.1 Celeste Ng and Everything I Never Told You 1 1.2 Research Focus and Aim 2 1.3 Overview of the Thesis 3 2.Literature Review 4 2.1 The Definition of the “Other” Image 4 2.2 Previous Studies on Everything I Never Told You 5 2.3 The Goal of This Thesis 7 3.Construction of the Other Images in Everything I Never Told You 8 3.1 The Construction of the “Other” Images of Chinese American 8 3.2 The Construction of the “Other” Images of Female Figures 10 3.3 The Construction of the “Other” Images of LGBT 11 4.The Deconstruction of the “Other” Images in Everything I Never Told You 13 4.1 The Deconstruction of the “Other” Images of Chinese American 13 4.2 The Deconstruction of the “Other” Images of Female Figures 14 4.3 The Deconstruction of the “Other” Images of Homosexuals 15 5.Conclusion 16 5.1 Conclusions 16 5.2 Limitation and Future Research 17 Works Cited 18 |
《无声告白》中的他者形象分析【英文】
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