Analysis Of Foreign Female Images In Modern Novels

China's cultural tradition has been male-centered since the establishment of the feudal society.When the western powers opened the door to China in modern times,they not only brought new political and economic elements,but also brought some new changes to the cultural structure.Although they failed to occupy the central position in the discourse,women have begun to emerge from the surface of history.On the one hand,male revolutionaries for political purposes,in the context of national state and national consciousness,their political anxiety gender replacement,so that modern women present a special structure;On the other hand,at the time when the western feminist theory became popular,the advanced intellectuals,by virtue of the western female model,carried on the concrete thinking and the critical transformation to the Chinese female.As a result,modern China has formed a bizarre gender scene.This paper focuses on the revolution in the field of fiction,from the time when western powers opened the door to China in 1840 to the time when mandarin duck and butterfly school novels gradually occupied the mainstream of the literary world around the Republic of China.During this time,Chinese society changed dramatically,and fiction became the most dynamic genre in the literary world.This paper aims to explore the presentation and writing purpose of the special group of "foreign women" in the novel during this period,as well as the influence of the introduction and remodeling of foreign women images on Chinese society.Foreign female images were first introduced into China through translated novels.Modern translated literature is very active.However,different from the mature principles and methods of modern translation,the phenomenon of alteration,deletion and compilation in modern translation literature is more serious.Translators integrate their own political views and revolutionary goals into the translation process and spread their ideas through the translation of western literary works.Therefore,the foreign female images in translated literature not only have the characteristics of western,advanced and capitalist,but also reveal the cultural character and characteristics of The Times of China everywhere.The foreign women in the translated novels are not only the heroines who are full of the feelings of home and country,but also the genuine women who focus on personal pursuit.Different from traditional Chinese women,they influenced Chinese women and promoted the development of modern female revolution.Through the interpretation of foreign female images in modern translation works,the conflict between translators' acceptance of others and their own cultural cognition can be seen,and the "creative" purpose and internal motivation of translators can be explored.Under the influence of translated works,modern novelists have also "remolded" some foreign female images in their works,enriching the creative connotation of novels.In the works of novelists,there are foreign women who have been "sinicized" and their images,behaviors and even thoughts are closely related to the social reality of China at that time.There are also "utopian",exotic women loyal to the truth,loyal to the archetype.They become a window for Chinese readers to understand foreign cultures and provide a reference paradigm for the development of Chinese women.Through these works,it can be shown that modern novelists absorbed part of western advanced thoughts and strongly attached to traditional thoughts in their independent creation.The exotic female image in the novel,as a unique factor in the complex modern novels,has a far-reaching influence.For modern literature,this image category enriches the description object of the novel and expands the creation connotation of the work.Under its influence,the Chinese female images in the novel also have some new changes.At the same time,these foreign female images became models for modern women to learn from.Inspired by them,some women with enlightenment consciousness stepped on the political stage and fought alongside male revolutionaries,becoming a highlight in modern history.With the development of history,more and more western literature has been translated.Foreign women presented themselves in a more objective,realistic and three-dimensional image and became the spiritual source and learning object of advanced intellectuals in the period of the new cultural movement.Not only did female writers enter the literary world,but their works also depicted many new women who were brave enough to break through and resist.As the initial presentation of modern Chinese female consciousness,exotic female images in modern novels are of great significance to the liberation and development of modern women.