浅析《喜福会》中的母女关系

摘要谭恩美是当代文坛非常著名的美国华裔女作家。《喜福会》是谭恩美在1989年创作完成的，作品一经推出便引起了强烈的反响，并获得了许多奖项。小说讲述的是中国母亲与美国出生的女儿之间的关系。作者通过文本分析法，分析了小说中的母女关系与不同文化造成的冲突并最终证明了移民母亲与在美国长大的女儿之间是可以交流的，东西方不同文化之间也是可以进行交流的。本文能帮助我们更好的的理解小说《喜福会》中的母女关系。36964
毕业论文关键词：《喜福会》；母女关系；冲突；文化；
Abstract Amy Tan is a very successful Chinese-American writer in the contemporary world. Her novel The Joy Luck Club, which is about the relationship between Chinese mothers and their American-born daughters was finished in 1898. After the publication, it won several awards. This thesis mainly discusses the mother-daughter relationship in this novel. By text analysis, the author analyses the mother-daughter relationship and conflicts caused by different cultures. At last, the author draws the conclusion that immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters and the east and west can communicate. Hopefully, this thesis can be beneficial to the understanding of The Joy Luck Club.
Key words: The Joy Luck Club; mother-daughter relationship; conflicts; culture
Analysis of Mother-daughter Relationship in The Joy Luck Club
Contents
摘要...i
Abstract...ii
I. Introduction..1
II. Brief Introduction to the Author and Her Work2
2.1 Brief Introduction to the Author..2
2.2 Brief Introduction to the Author’s Work...3
III. Relationship Between Mothers and Daughters.5
   3.1 Conflicts Between Mothers and Daughters...5
    3.1.1 The Aspects of the Conflicts of Mother-Daughter Relationships6
3.1.2 The Cause of the Conflicts....7
3.2 Reunification Between Mothers and Daughters.....9
3.2.1 Multicultural Coexistence...10
    3.2.2 Mutual Understanding Between Mothers and Daughters10
IV. The Theme of Maternal Love in The Joy Luck Club.10
4.1 Typical Chinese Maternal Love.11
   4.1.1 Mothers’ High Expectations of Daughters...12
   4.1.2 More Criticism than Praise..12
   4.1.3 Too Much Care for Their Daughters’ Life12
4.2 Blood Connection13
V. Conclusion..13
Bibliography.......15
Acknowledgements..16
I. Introduction

    Amy Tan’s first novel The Joy Luck Club creates a great wave in the book market and becomes a representative work in the field of Asian -American literature. The novel focuses on four Chinese American immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters who were born and educated in America. Due to differences of cultures, languages, race identity etc., the mother-daughter relationship becomes more complicated and subtle. In 1949, four Chinese women immigrated to San Francisco and started a club known as The Joy Luck Club, which is a gathering to play mah Jong, invest in stock and share stories about their lives in the form of vignettes. The four mothers all have their own views of the world based on their experiences and also want to share them with their own daughters. At first, daughters do resist their mothers intensely and none of the daughters have shown any respect or understanding to the wisdom and power of their mothers. However, the four Chinese mothers try their best to share their stories which are the fights against the old China. As time went by, mothers and daughters gradually covered the gap from conflicts to reunification. At last, the daughters understand and appreciate their mothers’ past, win their mothers’ acceptance and adapt to the American life. It becomes clear that the major theme of the novel is the mother-daughter relationship. Bittersweet and heartwarming, this book is actually for mothers and daughters. The club also binds Chinese-Americans here for a long time. 浅析《喜福会》中的母女关系:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_35642.html