《喜福会》中母亲形象修辞学研究.pdfVIP

CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i Abstract in Chinese ii Abatract in English iii Chapter One Introduction 1 1.1 The Importance of the Research on CA (Chinese American) Literature 1 1.2 A Brief Account of The Joy Luck Club and Its Mother Images 1 1.3 Reviews of Mother Images in The Joy Luck Club 2 1.3.1 The Research Abroad 3 1.3.2 The Research in China 4 1.4 Approach and Structure of the Thesis 6 Chapter Two Theoretical Framework 8 2.1 Definition of the Rhetoric of Novel 8 2.2 Narrative as Rhetoric 9 2.2.1 The Rhetoric and Its Development 9 2.2.2 Background of Narrative as Rhetoric 10 2.2.3 Main Techniques of Narrative as Rhetoric 11 2.3 Rhetoric and Characters 13 2.4 Summary 13 Chapter Three Macro-Rhetorical Techniques and Mother Images 15 3.1 The Separate Fragments of Time—Mother Image of Wandering and Dissociation 15 3.2 The Conversion of Internal Viewpoint—Mother Image as a Carrier of Chinese Traditional Culture 17 3.3 The Control on Variable Narrative Distance—Mother Image of Ambivalence 20 3.4 The Communal Narrative Voice—Mother Image of Resistance 21 Chapter Four Micro-Rhetorical Techniques and Mother Images 24 4.1 Symbol 24 4.1.1 Scar, Red Candle, Chang’e—Mother Image of Miserable Past 24 4.1.2 The East and Wind—Mother Image of China Complex 27 4.1.3 The Clothes—Mother Image of Embarrassing Situation 29 4.1.4 The Joy Luck Club—Mother Image of Indomitable Spirit 30 4.2 Metaphor 32 4.2.1 Turtle — Mother Image of Weakness and Tenderness 33 4.2.2 Swan and Rabbit——Mother Image of Struggle and Smart