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4 4 Acknowledgements At the completion of my thesis, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all those who have offered me their generous help in my thesis writing. First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Professor Zhou Yuzhong, my respected supervisor. It is he who has opened for me the gate to American literature. His illuminating lectures and invaluable suggestions played a very important part in my thesis writing. Both his learnedness and his charming personality have benefited me greatly in the three-year postgraduate period and their benefits will continue in my future life. My gratitude also goes to Professor Hu Xiaoying, Professor Qiao Xiumei, Professor Li Jie, Professor Li Libo, Professor Liu Yanfen and Professor Li Xia. Thanks again for their valuable and constructive instructions and suggestions for my thesis writing. Without their unselfish help, the thesis could not have been what it is now. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all my friends and my classmates who have provided me with the very necessary materials for this thesis. Without their assistance and useful suggestions, this thesis would never have been possible. My appreciation also goes to those who have devoted much time to reading this thesis. I am obliged to them for their invaluable advice. Last but not least, I should express my heartfelt gratitude to my family for their continuous encouragement and all-out support in the course of my postgraduate study. PAGE PAGE 10 Chapter 1 Introduction Gish Jen is another prominent Chinese American female writer after Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan. “With the publication of her major three books, namely, Typical American(1991), Mona in the Promised Land(1996) and a collection of her short stories Who’s Irish?(1999), “Gish Jen is fast becoming a visible and vocal part of the contemporary American literary landscape”( Matsukawa, 1993, p. 111). Her works have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New Yor