On The Identity Issue In Thai Chinese Novels

Thai-Chinese literature is an important member of the big family of the world Chinese literature, the Thai-Chinese novel is an important part of Thai-Chinese literature, which can show the characteristics of the Thai-Chinese literature.Thai-Chinese novel presents the cultural identity in the anxiety of different identity crisis caused by culture two opposites, racial conflicts are presented in Europe and the United States and other countries in Southeast Asia Chinese literature. Mainly for the Thai-Chinese writers not only efforts to integrate into the local culture in Thailand, in the Chinese-Thai culture fusion process, also always adhere to their own cultural beliefs, in pursuit of their own cultural identity, sense of belonging to Chinese traditional culture, make them deeply attached to their homeland-- China. Based on the novel in the development of Thai-Chinese and a few key nodes, and found that the evolution of the trajectory of their cultural identity. From the date of birth, Thai-Chinese novels has experienced ups and downs in the cultural identity reflects the unique Thai-Chinese in Thailand to build citizenship process, struggling to ease the anxiety of their own cultural identity, cultural resistance aphasia.This paper discusses from the following three parts:The first part: identity pursuit of the countries under the homesickness. The early Chinese writers in Thailand be forced to leave one’s hometown, travel to exotic places, the strange feeling of living in a foreign land, the agony of heart there is no place to resolve, all spiritual sustenance in the homeland.Thai-Chinese novels is more memories and native land of past thoughts, in the cultural identity of the new home of gaps still exist, adhered to the hearts of the "China complex".The second part: identity construction of Yaowarat road smooth shadow.After the establishment of new China, no longer recognize dual nationality,Thai-Chinese writers had to give up China nationality. At this time, the secondgeneration of Thai-Chinese literature, writer of the third generation began to redefine their own national identity, actively construct their citizenship in Thailand.The third part: identity fusion under the new situation. After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand, bilateral relations have become increasingly frequent, direct brought Chinese-Thai cultural exchanges and integration. With the accession to the new generation of Thai-Chinese writers, Thai-Chinese novels content is more rich, the description of Thailand local life, reflect the Thai-Chinese society novel works more and more. Thai-Chinese writers abide by the Chinese traditional culture at the same time, actively integrate into Thailand society to, show a double cultural identity.