Perplexity and growth： An analysis on the initiation theme of Mona in the Promised Land  

作　　者：ZHENG Dong-lin 

机构地区：[1]School of Foreign Languages, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai＇an 223300, China

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2010年第12期78-81,共4页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：Gish Jen is a second generation Chinese American writer, and she has drawn much attention from American readers and critics. Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen is the canon of American initiation stories. The novel concerns the growth experience of the second generation of Chinese American, the protagonist Mona Chang. The paper analyses the initiation theme of the novel from the perspectives of puzzlement, epiphany and guide in the journey of Mona＇s growth.

关 键 词：Gish Jen Mona IDENTITY INITIATION 

分 类 号：G633.41[文化科学—教育学]