Self-Identity in Post-Colonial Discourse in Chuang Hua’s Crossings  

作　　者：刘珍艳 LIU Zhen-yan(Faculty of English Language and Culture Studies,Guangdong University of Foreign Studies,Guangzhou 510420,China)

机构地区：[1]Faculty of English Language and Culture Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

出　　处：《海外英语》2019年第21期209-211,共3页Overseas English

摘　　要：Chuang Hua’s Crossings is considered as“Chinamerican gem”.In the protagonist Jane’s quest for her self-identity in post-colonial discourse,she encounters cultural“displacement”and“homelessness”,as a result of her constant geographical moves,ordinal and sexual position in her family and the differences of the two cultures.To settle such cultural anxiety,Jane shares common views with Homi Bhabha’s insights—denying the binary logic way of viewing identity as essential Self to Other,but constructing the Third Space.Chuang Hua’s Crossings is considered as"Chinamerican gem". In the protagonist Jane’s quest for her self-identity in post-colonial discourse, she encounters cultural"displacement"and"homelessness", as a result of her constant geographical moves, ordinal and sexual position in her family and the differences of the two cultures. To settle such cultural anxiety, Jane shares common views with Homi Bhabha’s insights — denying the binary logic way of viewing identity as essential Self to Other, but constructing the Third Space.

关 键 词：CROSSINGS the THIRD Space IDENTITY construction 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]