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The Image and Narrative Strategies of ‘Controversial Women’ in Contemporary Chinese Fiction :Centred on Ding Ling's When I Was in Xia Village and Fang Fang's In My Beginning Is My End

  • Journal of Chinese Language and Literature
  • 2025, (98), pp.133~159
  • DOI : 10.15792/clsyn..98.202504.133
  • Publisher : Chinese Literary Society Of Yeong Nam
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : March 20, 2025
  • Accepted : April 13, 2025
  • Published : April 30, 2025

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ABSTRACT

From the perspective of feminist narratology, this study analyses the controversial female images and narrative strategies in Ding Ling's When I Was in Xia Village and Fang Fang's In My Beginning Is My End in terms of anti-textual regulation, narrative perspective, narrative voice and complex setting. By comparing the two works, the paper explores the way the female image is presented in the text and the feminist connotations behind it, revealing the construction and expression of female subjectivity in the narrative structure. The paper argues that the patriarchal society's discipline of women is not only on the real level, but also lurks in the textual narrative. Through the portrayal of controversial female characters, Ding Ling and Fang Fang successfully break the stereotypes of traditional female roles and show the complexity and resistance of women under the oppression of society. This is not only a revolt against the reality of patriarchal authority, but also a revolt against the subordination and passivity of women in traditional texts, challenging the stereotypical perception of women in society. The two works differ in their use of narrative perspective, but both serve to express female subjectivity. Through the omniscient and first-person narrative perspectives, the author successfully demonstrates the independence and autonomy of the female subject, while highlighting the struggle and resistance of women between society and themselves. In terms of narrative voice, both levels of the work strive for women to establish their own discursive authority, which makes women's consciousness fully present in the text. The inversion of the complex, on the other hand, is an important means for the construction of women's subjectivity, breaking through the definition and requirements of women in traditional narratives and highlighting the awakening and growth of women's subjectivity. By analysing the feminist narratology of Ding Ling's When I Was in Xia Village and Fang Fang's In My Beginning Is My End, this paper reveals the connotation and value of the controversial female characters in the two works. Through unique narrative perspectives, narrative voices and narrative strategies such as plot reversal, Ding Ling and Fang Fang successfully construct female subjects with a sense of independence and resistance. These female characters not only break the discipline of traditional texts, but also show women's struggle and growth between society and self. This study not only enriches the theoretical connotation of feminist narratology, but also provides new perspectives and methods for understanding female images in modern Chinese literature.

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