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he analysis on the meanings of woman's constume in End of A Century: Miea's Story

  • Journal of Chinese Language and Literature
  • 2021, (88), pp.147-165
  • DOI : 10.15792/clsyn..88.202112.147
  • Publisher : Chinese Literary Society Of Yeong Nam
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : November 10, 2021
  • Accepted : December 17, 2021
  • Published : December 30, 2021

YUK HWA SANG 1

1중국⋅아시아연구소

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ABSTRACT

In the field of study of Chinese literature overseas, Taiwanese literature has been receiving the attention of scholars from the mainland and at home and abroad for its unique cultural connotation and unique aesthetic style. The development of women's novels in Taiwan is as follows: the1950 s was the foundation period of women's literature in Taiwan, most of them came from mainland China, the1960 s was the main part of modern literature wave of women's literature in Taiwan's women's consciousness began in1980 s. Thus, the new feminist literature in Taiwan plays an important role in the history of Taiwan's literary creation. In the late 1980s, Taiwan's socio-economic transformation took place, with Taipei showing a postmodern state of society, and the role of women in society changed accordingly. Women are no longer confined to raising children with their husbands at home, but they are beginning to enter society and work. In 1990, a collection of Zhu Tian's short stories, The End of the Century, was published, which contained 11 works, one of which bears the same name as the book. “Flamboyant at the End of the Century” was selected as one of the top 10 Chinese novels of the 20th century and won the 4th Newman Prize for Chinese Literature in the United States. The novel narrates the romance between Mia, the heroine's professional model, and her lover, Lao Duan. Chu Tien-wen wrote a modern version of a myth, an allegory, a story of two of the most typical professions in a metropolis in Taipei, and a delusional novel explaining the relationship between dress and body, appearance and substance, women and men. The author tries to explore the difference between Zhu and other contemporary writers' writing of women's clothing through textual descriptions of social phenomena. Women in dress are the main points of description in dress culture, and dress is closely connected to women and influences each other. From another point of contact, the author also summarizes the value and significance of Zhu Tianwen's writing by discussing the characteristics of women's clothing, the reasons for women's clothing writing, and the relationship between characters and characters' desire.

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