A Study On The Female Consciousness Of Liao Huiying’s Novels

Liao Huiying is an important representative writer of the new feminist writers group in Taiwan in the 1980 s.He began his literary creation in 1982.In Liao Huiying’s literary creation of more than 20 years,from reflecting traditional women’s consciousness to publicizing new feminism,she investigated the survival dilemma of contemporary women in the unique context of Taiwan’s social transformation,and analyzed the life turbulence and spiritual tension brought to women by real social life.With the unique sensitivity and delicacy of women,Liao Huiying describes the embarrassing situation of gender relations at different stages under the guidance of male chauvinist culture,which leads to women’s thinking about their own value,status and destiny and the exploration of women’s future life path.The female consciousness publicized in the works presents a process of continuous development and improvement.From the perspective of women,this paper makes an overall research and analysis of his novels,and discusses the female consciousness presented by the description of the fate and living state of female characters.The female consciousness in Liao Huiying’s novels is mainly reflected in "women’s self-examination" and "women’s living state".By describing the tragic fate of traditional female characters,Liao Huiying not only reflects on women’s own unconsciousness,but also criticizes the spiritual enslavement of women by the traditional culture centered on male power and the root of this collective unconsciousness.On this basis,through the description of the living conditions of women at different levels under different social ideologies,the author pays attention to the trend of women’s destiny,analyzes the difficulty and incompleteness of women’s consciousness awakening,and tries to explore a feasible road of liberation for women.The value significance of female consciousness in his works is also very profound.In literary creation,Liao Huiying inherited the creative theme of the May 4th new literature,combined with the local multicultural and social reality in Taiwan,and the works show different aesthetic connotations.Because the theme of the work agreed with the realistic issues at that time,caused strong social repercussions and had certain social value.In addition,Liao Huiying’s positive efforts to promote the rationalization of gender relations also reflect the advancement of the author’s female consciousness.Liao Huiying,known as the "expert on gender issues",through different emotional relationships,not only puts forward the problems of the life value of various female characters,but also explores the way out of rationalizing gender relations for us.However,real life is not as simple as that in the novel.The author has too strong idealism in dealing with gender issues,which also makes the work have certain limitations.In short,the female consciousness embodied in Liao Huiying’s novels has unique value and significance not only in women’s literature in Taiwan,but also in the whole history of women’s literature in China.