Relationship between feminine writing and the construction of women's subjectivity in Li Tianbao's fiction
As gender research advances, the discussion in women's writing is more widespread. Feminine writing by women writers is one of the research topics. However, similar research on literary works by male writers is relatively rare. Essentially, feminine writing aims to expose women's subjec...
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2021
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99586/1/CHEY%20ZHEN%20CONG%20-%20IR.pdf |
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| Summary: | As gender research advances, the discussion in women's writing is more widespread.
Feminine writing by women writers is one of the research topics. However, similar
research on literary works by male writers is relatively rare. Essentially, feminine writing
aims to expose women's subjectivity and focus on feminist discourse in literary studies.
However, feminine writing does not belong exclusively to women but also includes male
writers. The feminine writing by male writers is worthy studying further, especially
concerning the writer's gender, writing styles, and feminist perspectives. Using the
theory of feminism, this study aims to analyse the relationship between feminine writing
in Li Tianbao's literary works and the construction of women's subjectivity in it. Firstly,
the thesis will discuss Li Tianbao’s feminine writing on women's vital experiences in
love, marriage and eroticism; and shows the unique life of a woman by subverting the
dominating patriarchal discourse. Li Tianbao uses a dark and gloomy element in his
feminine writing reveals the anxiety and depression of a woman characters living under
the order of patriarchy. In addition, the thesis talks about women's living predicament
through the reflection in the mirror and outside the mirror, while contemplating on the
women’s reflection of self and the construction of self in an imagined world and
analysing the method uses by Li Tianbao in constructing consciousness about women’s
subjectivity in his works. The study found Li Tianbao in his literary works consciously
presenting a woman’s world, through his understanding of gender and respect towards
women from the aspect of constructing women’s subjectivity. In conclusion, Li Tianbao
tries to disestablish the dominating patriarchal discourse. Using feminine writing, he uses
women as the subject and exposed the hidden part of a woman’s world while at the same
time constructing women’s subjectivity. |
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