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An Exploration Of Self-Construction Through Buddhist Imagery In Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior |
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Author |
Bilek Gage, Rosann M (著)
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Date | 2011.01 |
Pages | 54 |
Publisher | Cleveland State University |
Publisher Url |
https://www.csuohio.edu/
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Location | Cleveland, OH, US [克里夫蘭, 俄亥俄州, 美國] |
Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
Language | 英文=English |
Degree | master |
Institution | Cleveland State University |
Department | English |
Advisor | F. Jeff Karem |
Publication year | 2011 |
Keyword | The Woman Warrior; Buddhist imagery; Buddhist journey; silence; meditation; self; cultural identity; koan; martial arts |
Abstract | Buddhist imagery in The Woman Warrior can be interpreted as part of a Buddhist journey, a journey to observe and realize the nature of the self as mutable and indefinable; this concept of self becomes transcendent through the novel to the reader by a participatory process which calls for insight beyond the illusion created by the narrative itself. Through an exploration of Buddhist inspired images – silence, seated mediation, the concept of the self as observer, koan, martial arts, the role of suffering and even aspects of transmigration and time – the struggle or journey to define a self transcends the idea of cultural identity and linear narrative that adds to existing critical discussions of the text. |
Hits | 318 |
Created date | 2023.03.22 |
Modified date | 2023.03.22 |
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