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1、TheThemeofGoldenChild 【Abstract】GoldenChild,ChineseAmericanplaywrightDavidHenryHwang’s1998work,isacomebackafterhisM.Butterflyin1993.Thereareseldombutonlyfewplayreviewsonitsthemeandcreativetheatricalperformingorder,insteadofliteraryconcerns.Thisessaywillgivea
2、thoroughanalysisfromdifferentperspectiveofviewsthroughrespectivecomparison,togetherwithDavidHenryHwang’sideasonGoldenChild,triestohaveabetterunderstandingofthisplaythroughthede-constructionofcultureandbelieves. 【Keywords】GoldenChild;WivesandConcubines;compar
3、ison;progress Introduction GoldenChild,writtenbyChineseAmericanplaywrightDavidHenryHwangandputonstageinBroadwayin1998,hastheimmortalthemeoftraditionalChinesesocialculturebutunlikethestereotypedoneswhichwereaimedtobeeye-catchingdeliberatelytomeettheforeignta
4、stes,GoldenChildshowsusitstranscendenceininvolvingbelievesandliberation.TheformerareusuallyconsideredtheaccompliceofOrientalismwhilethelattersincerelyportraysafamilyfinallygotunboundthroughbeliefconversion. WivesandConcubines,writtenbyChinesewriterSuTongin19
5、89sharesasimilarculturebackgroundwithHwang’sGoldenChild,―Chinesetraditionalfamilyconstitution―onehusbandasanauthorityinthehouse,withseveralwiveslivingtogether,flattering,quarrellinganddestroying.Diggingintothetwoworksfromtheirsharingperspectives―marriage,beli
6、efaswellasdestination,wewitnesssomethingeagerlydisplayedbyHwang,theassimilationandtranscendence,peepoutfrominside.AndthatistotallydifferentfromwhatisdesignedtorevealbySuTonginWivesandConcubines. Themesandauthor’sviews Theabovecomparisonshaveclearlywitnessed
7、thetwoworks’differentthemes.SuTongclaimshisobjectivityincreatingthosewomenbysaying“Ijusthabituallylostmygenderinwritinginsteadofwhatissaidofmywomanlikespirit”.Hispurposeistohelplesslyreproducewomen’stragicfatesthroughdepictingtheirlivesinatraditionalstyledfam
8、ily.Forhim,literatureisameansofrecallingemotionsfromreadersandhehasneverhadthethoughtofevokingactions. However,quitedifferentfromSuTong,DavidHenryHwangwrotethisnotonlyforretellingafamily