On the Spatial Imagery in The Woman Warrior
Author(s): ZHOU Tinghua, School of Foreign Languages, Wuyi University
Pages: 53-55+88
Year: 2014 Issue: 3
Journal: Journal of Xiangfan University
Keyword: Maxine Hong Kingston; The Woman Warrior; Spatial imagery;
Abstract: In The Woman Warrior,space is indispensable to the unfolding of the plot and the portrayal of the characters and therefore embodies symbolic significances. In the novel,the spatial imagery falls into two groups: the close space represented by the well and the secluded house as symbols of the oppression of women in the patriarchal society; the open space as condensed in the image of dragon which conveys both the Taoist concept of nature and the author’s idea of planet as the trascendence of race and border. The Woman Warrior tells the story of an American Chinese girl who crosses the racial and sexual barriers and goes out of a girlhood of silence into an active and productive open space.
Pages: 53-55+88
Year: 2014 Issue: 3
Journal: Journal of Xiangfan University
Keyword: Maxine Hong Kingston; The Woman Warrior; Spatial imagery;
Abstract: In The Woman Warrior,space is indispensable to the unfolding of the plot and the portrayal of the characters and therefore embodies symbolic significances. In the novel,the spatial imagery falls into two groups: the close space represented by the well and the secluded house as symbols of the oppression of women in the patriarchal society; the open space as condensed in the image of dragon which conveys both the Taoist concept of nature and the author’s idea of planet as the trascendence of race and border. The Woman Warrior tells the story of an American Chinese girl who crosses the racial and sexual barriers and goes out of a girlhood of silence into an active and productive open space.
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