《喜福会》中母爱主题的文化阐释论文

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1、《喜福会》中母爱主题的文化阐释论文AbstractTheJoyLuckClubisyTan，afamousChineseAmericanmigrantenandtheirAmerican-borndaughters.EachofthefourChineseenhasheroandtheirdaughtersaternalloveofvariousforms.Atfirstthedaughtersdon’tunderstandtheirmothersandtheChineseculturethattheirmothersre

2、present,butastimeelapses,thedaughtersbegintounderstandandappreciatetheirmothers'pastandaccepttheirmothersintheend.Infact,itisthematernallovetheJoyLuckClubmothersextendtotheirdaughtersthatfinallymakestheirdaughtersunderstandthemandtheChineseculturethattheyrepresent

3、.Inthissense,thematernallovenotonlysymbolizesChineseculture,butmoreimportantlyservesasabridgeoverthemothersanddaughters,andoverChinesecultureandAmericanculture.KeyaternalLoveintheJoyLuckClubEverymotherlovesherchildorchildren.AlthoughtheJoyLuckClubmothersareverystr

4、ictaternallovethefourmothersimparttotheirdaughtersisjustatypicalChineseone.ThematernalloveofChinesemothersisnotasdirectasthatofAmericanmothers.Chinesemothersdonotkissandhugtheirdaughtersandsay“Iloveyou”tothemliketheirAmericancounterparts.(YuLongyu173).TheJoyLuckCl

5、ubmothersalllovetheirdaughtersinaChineseanintheprefaceoftheFeathersFromAThousandLiAericaIe.Butovertherenobodyeasuredbytheloudnessofherhusband'sbelch.OvertherenobodyakeherspeakonlyperfectAmericanEnglish.Andovertheresheymeaning,becauseIemorethanothersputhighexpectat

6、ionsupontheirdaughters.Theyhopetheirdaughtersustobeytheirparents,andtheycannotrebelagainsttheparents.Iftheydothis,itisfilialimpiety,andtheyilymembersandtheneighborsandthesociety.AlthoughtheJoyLuckClubmothershaveimmigratedtotheU.S,abrand-neouslikeShirleyTemple.Inor

7、dertoturnherdreamintoreality,sheletsJingmeidolotsofintelligencetestthatshehascolletedfromsomemagazines.Sheeventradeshousecleaningserviceforei.Lindoanychampionsaspossibleinchessgames.eskills,shealuchaboutchess.Shearrangestimetablesforherdaughterandsheevenasksothers

8、criticizetheirdaughtersmuchmoreinsteadofpraisingthemmoreliketheAmericanmothers.Intheireyes,iftheyothers,inordertomakesurethattheirdaughtersarepomuchinst