Practical or Categorical Identity? James Identity Conflicts in Everything I Never Told You  

作　　者：LI Li-min 

机构地区：[1]College of International studies,Southwest University,Chongqing,400715 China School of Foreign Studies,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an,China

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2020年第11期965-972,共8页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Celeste Ng’s debut novel Everything I Never Told You enjoys a high readership both in America and abroad.Since its publication in 2014,most of the studies focus on Lydia’s identity crises and the reasons for Lydia’s death.However,most studies neglect the fundamental reason of James’identity crisis-the loss of his inner self-identity.James’cognitive denial of his biological identity and his affective alienating from his practical identity cause his contradictory complex toward himself and his children.Thus it becomes one of the main roots of Lydia’s death and the whole family’s unhappiness.The paper points out that transcending the host country is the best way for an ethnic people living in America.

关 键 词：identity conflict PRACTICAL categorial 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]