| In 1938, Royal Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature to the American female writer Pearl S. Buck, for her trilogy The Good Earth caused the Western world to understand the Chinese people more, which are a great and important part of the world. It has made the world know how to read the individuals in such a large population, and has entrusted with the westerner a kind of Chinese spirit. Her success has brought her honor and rich reward; however it also has brought her a lot of reproach from the Eastern and Western writers. The author believes that the theme and background of her works are Chinese, and her English writing has manifested exactly the blending of Chinese and western culture, promoted communication between China and the West especially between China and the U.S.The paper comprises the preface, the main body and the conclusion. The main body consists of three chapters.The preface introduces briefly Pearl S. Buck's life and works, and summarizes and analyses the comment and evaluations on her works of modern Chinese and foreign writers, making the paper's point clear.The title of the first chapter is "the collision of Chinese and the Western feminine". From the study and discussion of feminine status, couple relationship, mothers and daughters-in-law relationship, the author tries to find out the difference and blending of the Chinese and Western feminine idea. Through the analysis of female status in Pearl S. Buck's work, the author understands the living condition of Chinese women in her times who were oppressed, had no freedom and were nearly suffocated. Through analyzing in her work the couple relationship, the author gets the perspective of feminine subordinate status as well as along with society's development, feminine awareness's awakening. Through analyzing the relationship of mothers and daughters-in-law, it can be found that Pearl S. Buck had a deep understanding of Chinese culture and Chinese culture influenced her deeply. Finally the conclusion can be drawn that her work contained a lot of difference and blends among Chinese and Western feminie.The title of the second chapter is "Chinese and the Western refraction on native soil". By analyzing and discussing the soil, the ancestors, and country misery consciousness involved in her works, the author explains the difference and blending of Chinese and Western consciousness on native soil. In the feudal society, the land was farmer's livelihood foundation. Possessing land meant everything. The old idea "people eventually go back home" also caused the people to be attached deeply to land. As the organization of feudal society, clan is a characteristic of the ancient Chinese society. The concept of clan has profound influence on people, forming a unique scenery of China. The village misery is also important in her work, molding typical Chinese character image, and manifesting the fusion of Chinese and Western misery consciousness.The title of the third chapter is "the blending of Chinese and the Western esthetic appeal". Based on the difference of Chinese and the Western esthetic appeal, the author inspects and discusses the difference and blending of Chinese and Western culture which are embodied in the description of the characters, the arrangement of the plots, and the structure of the works. Pearl S. Buck was greatly influenced by traditional Chinese culture, also knew by heart the literature styles and the writing techniques of Chinese novel. Simultaneously, she was also influenced by many famous Western writers like Charles Dickens, etc. Therefore, Chinese and the Western esthetic appeal blends fully in her work's structure, character description, plot layout and narration techniques.In the conclusion part, the author summarizes the difference and blending of Chinese and Western culture involved in Pearl S. Buck's works, reexamined the essential role she and her work played in Chinese and Western cultural exchange, giving her and her work a fair and objective appraisal. |
