City And Female: On Wang An-yi’s Tian Xiang

The stamina and diversified writing style of Wang An-yi’s literary creations hasbecome the important feature of his novel. In her work, Shanghai left her endlessinspiration and resources, Wang An-yi has written a lot of Shanghai, mostly modernShanghai, The Documentary and Fiction, Everlasting Regret are describing typicalrepresentatives of Shanghai, and this time, Wang An-yi’s Shanghai back to the Mingdynasty, she has tried to look for a more solid answer to the modern days. Here, forthe writer is a new breakthrough, it is worthy for us to have a new perspective on theliterary creation of ancient and modern Shanghai. In Wang’s work at the same time,the "female" is always a highlight in her creation, in Tian Xiang,"female" also playsan important role throughout the full text, the work of her writing of Shanghaiwomen’s temperament and closely linked with the city of Shanghai, the ups anddowns of women’s fates also rolled into daily life in Shanghai. Tian Xiang shows apicture of a microcosm of the Ming dynasty family life, in the picture is around "GuXiu" launched by the girl’s life, the women in the impression of Shanghai acted a lotof lives. Civil society of tolerance, perseverance, that is source of vitality of the city ofShanghai, the whole work also revealed that Shanghai spirit and the relationshipbetween female temperament.Based on the "city and women" as the breakthrough point, the thesis tries toanalyze from the city space, city custom and city culture construction of the severalaspects to explore the Ming and Qing dynasties women along with the developmentof the city and the process of change, excavating in Wang An-yi’s everlastingfriendship between women in the city. From the family, the patriarchal, theagricultural environment and business environment of cities, to think about women’sconsciousness in the Ming and Qing dynasties of the change along with the cityevolution and women’s choice is different from the traditional women’s survival way.And discusses from the perspective of artifacts, researches the Shanghai "standard" ofthe high level items on the role of women, and Shanghai gradually prosperous business environment’s influence on the female consciousness, and finally to explorethe femininity and the relationship between urban culture and blend with each other.Wang An-yi’s Tian Xiang, like doing preaches, tracing back to the Ming andQing dynasties of Shanghai, completing the prehistoric memory of Shanghai, andpaying attention to the history of women’s situation. The thesis will discuss TianXiang to find the relationship between urban change and women.