The Constructed Image:“China”in Gertrude Stein’s Composite Matrix of Aesthetics and Politics  

作　　者：MURONG Xue XIAO Ming-wen 

机构地区：[1]School of Foreign Languages,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou,China

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2023年第5期311-319,共9页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：As a representative modernist writer of the early 20th century,Gertrude Stein creatively established a unique experimental writing style to support her modernist expression.This paper attempts to analyze the Oriental elements,especially elements and images related to“China”in her works.Stein’s uses these elements to construct a systematic and complex matrix of aesthetics and politics.“China”in Stein’s matrix is an essential source of her so-called“the oriental peaceful penetration”and a significant lens for her ideological expression and political thoughts.Although Stein emphasizes her Oriental components in the source of identity,she always places herself in a Western position,ignoring cultural and political expressions in the real Chinese context and turning“China”into a useful tool in the collective fantasies of the West.

关 键 词：Gertrude Stein China the orient aesthetics and politics MODERNISM 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]