On The Writing Of Women In Maxine Hong Kingston’s Novels

Maxine Hong Kingston(1940-)is one of the most important writers in Chinese-American literature.Her work is inextricably linked to the word " woman ".From Woman Warrior and China Men and Tripmaster Monkey and Fifth Book of Peace,she has always been concerned with "women",writing about female characters,telling female stories,and expressing her own gender concepts.In her novels,Maxine Hong Kingston draws on her own experiences and family history,and draws on ancient Chinese stories to present a variety of women.The women in her novels fall into three main categories.One is the traditional woman who is oppressed by the patriarchy and is both conservative and docile;the other is the modern woman who dares to resist and pursue independence;and the other is the ideal woman who combines masculinity and femininity.In terms of the connotation of women’s writing,Maxine Hong Kingston promotes the simple and selfless love of mothers in her novels,presenting the original attributes of " motherhood ".At the same time,she depicts women’s marriage and love,and constructs a harmonious and equal relationship between the sexes.As a Chinese-American woman writer,Maxine Hong Kingston is also concerned with the growth of a special group of Chinese-American women and speaks about the identity confusion of Chinese-American women.In order to better write women’s stories and express feminist consciousness,Maxine Hong Kingston uses a variety of expressive techniques.In terms of narrative structure,Maxine Hong Kingston breaks through the limits of linear structure and writes many women’s stories in a staggered and interlaced narrative structure.In terms of narrative technique,Maxine Hong Kingston borrows the " intertextual " method of foreign and self-authored texts to present women’s images in a three-dimensional and vivid way.In terms of narrative perspective and narrative voice,Maxine Hong Kingston uses female perspectives and multiple narrative voices to meticulously present women’s experiences,convey women’s voices,and construct women’s authority.The family environment,American context,and women’s literary tradition together contribute to Maxine Hong Kingston’s writing about women and give her women’s writing a unique appearance.Sexism in the family community and the teachings of an enlightened mother contributed to the emergence of Maxine Hong Kingston’s gender consciousness.Family memories in turn influenced Maxine Hong Kingston’s perception of Chinese women.Living in American society,the feminist movement and the "collective social imaginary motherhood" further influenced Maxine Hong Kingston’s perception of women.Huang Yuxue’s and Woolf’s writing objects and approaches point the way to Maxine Hong Kingston’s writing about women.In exploring the value of Maxine Hong Kingston’s women’s writing,we can find that Maxine Hong Kingston’s women’s writing has added a new style to the content and form of women’s literature,and has played a role in the emancipation of women,the construction of a harmonious relationship between the sexes,and the realization of the demands of women in the third world.However,Maxine Hong Kingston’s women’s writings cater to "Orientalism" and have certain limitations.