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谭恩美是著名美国华裔女作家。她擅长描写母女之间的感情纠葛。1987年出版的第一部长篇小说《喜福会》,其奠定了她在文学界的地位。本书讲述了四对母女在文化差异以及认知冲突下逐渐成长为新一代女性的故事。成长小说理论最初源于德国,是西方近代文学中颇为常见的类型。本文旨在依据成长小说理论,从一个全新的视角来解读这部代表作《喜福会》。本文将从三方面入手对主人公的成长进行讨论:两代人在困境中的第一次成长;两代人在矛盾冲突中的第二次成长;两代人分别在文化冲突及融合中的成长。人与人之间的矛盾以及文化与文化之间的冲突是可以化解的,并且人会在成长中学会思想的转变与和解。
Amy Tan is a famous American Chinese woman writer. She is good at describing feelings between mother and daughter. The first novel, The Joy Luck Club, published in 1987 laid her position in the literary world. This book tells the story of four pairs of mother and daughter in the cultural differences and cognitive conflicts gradually grow into a new generation of women’s story. The theory of the growth novel originated in Germany and is a quite common type in modern western literature. This article aims to interpret this masterpiece “The Joy Luck Club” from a completely new perspective based on the theory of growth novels. This article will discuss the protagonist’s growth from three aspects: the first growth of the two generations in the predicament; the second growth of the two generations in the conflict; the growth of the two generations in the cultural conflict and integration respectively . Conflict among people and conflicts between cultures and cultures can be resolved, and people will learn how to change and reconcile their ideas during their growth.