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The absurd depiction on the mother and daughter image under double gaze — Based on the symbol meaning on animal imagery in Little Reunion

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2023, (70), pp.267-285
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2023..70.012
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : October 10, 2023
  • Accepted : November 20, 2023
  • Published : November 30, 2023

Shen Ling 1

1徐州工程学院人文学院

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ABSTRACT

In the study of the autobiographical novel Little Reunions, people always pay attention to the mother-daughter relationship. However, for the appearance of the large number of dramatic animal images in the novel, there is not yet any targeted results on this specific field in the academic circles. This article will combine the text of Little Reunions with Jacques Lacan’s “Gaze Theory”and Sigmund Freud’s “Symbiotic Fantasy” Theory to examine the characters under the metaphorical of animal imagery. This article will also explore the author’s ironic disdain for human nature and humanity and further reveal Eileen Chang’s new thinking on the image of mother and daughter in her later years.

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