Criticism On The Chinese Domestic Workplace Novels From The Gender Perspective

The domestic workplace novel of China is a new type of novels which has been flourishing in the mainland in nearly five years. With the Chinese economic transformation and expansion of professional white-collar in China, this kind of novel is characterized by strong modernity. Meanwhile, writing, reading and expressing of the domestic workplace novel is of an obviously strong gender ideology.We can not only obtain the general views of the workplace novels in transverse, but also explore its deep cultural connotation, if it is properly set in the macroscopic background of modern politics, economy, ideology, culture and the problem consciousness and takes gender as the perspective. With infusion of macro and micro, whole and part, theory and case harmoniously, under the view of the "aesthetic modernity" and "gender poetics", we will succeed in exploring contemporary form of the domestic workplace novel and its future.In addition to the introduction and conclusion, the dissertation consists of five chapters.ChapterⅠdiscusses the modernity and gender perspective of Chinese professional issues:modernization brings about the transformation of Chinese society, leading to the change of the social structure, especially the vocational structure, in which formation of the professional white-collar has attracted a great social concern. In the emerging class, the number and power of female obtains an on-going increase. According to the trend of "gender mainstreaming decision-making", it is necessary to take gender perspective and ideas as an important content in study of the vocational issues.ChapterⅡsummarizes the domestic workplace novel of China. Under the frame of the modern theory, this dissertation is to give an analysis to the background of heat and prosperity of the workplace novels, and as well as its features and cultural functions. China domestic workplace novel has present-day "China" features:Judging from writing, is the white-collar is seeking for their own class’s cultural identity and endorsements; Judging from the reader, is the financial storm is brewing stimulation of the workplace crisis with emergency response; Judging from spreading and sales network, is the result of consumerism and information technology combine. China domestic workplace novel provides three-in-one cultural function of practical, entertainment, encouragement as well as about the literary imagination about multinational capital, also reflected the gender culture in workplace.ChapterⅢdeals with the gender ideology in the domestic workplace novel. On the basis of the general view of the workplace novels, taking gender as the perspective, the dissertation analyzes the gender ideology in Chinese domestic workplace novel from three dimensions:feminism, male chauvinism and love ethics. Feminism is the most sharp weapon to study gender issues since twenty century, marxist feminism, ecological feminism, male temperament is the hot spot and new trends in current feminism research ,which are exhibited in female workplace novels; And the traditional patriarchy was more embodied and identitied in male workplace novels, some female workplace novels show radical attitude to patriarchy, but its essence is echoing patriarchy; Talk about gender ideology, we will discuss the love ethics between man and woman,in the white-collar, love intertwine and crashing with workplace, the love was dissimilated by modern workplace, and workplace also because intricate for love.ChapterⅣgives an analysis to a case of Chinese domestic workplace novel from the gender perspective. those well-known workplace novels admitted by the media will work as the example to discriminate and evaluate its the external and internal gender ideology. Through reading the male and female workplace novels, we can draw that: in male workplace novels, the dual vertical workplace view of "make-or-break" leading by "dominant male temperament" was embodied and subverted,and the stubborn workplace gender bias was displayed.in female workplace novels, Contemporary white-collar female workplace was reflected really, a Unreal imagine about middle-class was displayde, the ideal of feminism was advertised, patriarchy was spread,the workplace anxiety about gender identity was depicted and filled with and the disire to construct Workplace ethics was expressed. Chapter V explores the relationship between aesthetic modernity, gender poetics and the future trend of Chinese domestic workplace novels. Under the frame of aesthetic modernity, the workplace novel is scanned to see through its internal conflict. With "gender poetics" as a powerful and critical weapon and under the joint examination of aesthetic modernity and gender poetics, the type of novel is analyzed to provide an inspiring theory and its path of practice for the future and the sustainable development of Chinese domestic workplace novel.