赛珍珠与林语堂笔下的中国女性的对比分析-以《东风·西风》与《京华烟云》为例_英语论文

The Analysis of Chinese Women in Pearl S. Buck’s East Wind: West Wind and in Lin Yutang’ s Moment in Peking

摘要

赛珍珠与林语堂是同一时期的著名作家，而且曾结下了深厚的友谊。赛珍珠在《东风西风》中着力刻画女主人公杨桂兰，集中体现了传统的中国女性之美。她曾试图以她的美貌、顺从和高超的厨艺去取悦丈夫，但结果都一一失败。丈夫灌输的西方先进文化，最终使桂兰摆脱了封建传统文化的束缚，使她能以比较积极的态度去接受新思想、新观念。而林语堂的《京华烟云》中的女主人公姚木兰是林语堂最钟爱的文学形象之一，她融合了颜容之美和学识之美。在姚木兰身上，林语堂倾注了自己的爱情观、婚姻观和价值观。

本论文旨在通过对《东风：西风》中的杨桂兰和《京华烟云》中的姚木兰的对比分析，从而总结出赛珍珠与林语堂笔下的中国女性的异同点，使人们能够更好的了解中国文化，重视中国女性的成长与自我觉醒的意义和影响。第一部分先是介绍了伟大的文学作家赛珍珠和林语堂的生平；紧接着又介绍了两位作者的巨著《东风：西风》和《京华烟云》。第二部分则介绍了两位女主人公杨桂兰和姚木兰所处的社会背景。第三部分则从多个角度详细阐述了杨桂兰和姚木兰的相同点与不同点，第四部分为总结。 

关键词: 赛珍珠；《东风·西风》；林语堂；《京华烟云》

Abstract

Pearl S. Buck and Lin Yutang are famous writers at a same era, and they are close friends. In East Wind: West Wind, Pearl S. Buck pays more attention to the main female character Yang Kwei-lan. Kwei-lan shows the beauty of traditional Chinese women. She once tried to please her husband by her beauty, obedience and high cooking skill, but all failed at last. Her husband teaches her Western advanced culture, and let her gradually get rid of the feudal Chinese culture. And thereafter, she begins to accept new ideas and new concepts positively. In Moment in Peking, Lin Yutang likes the main female character Yao Mulan very much because she is very beautiful and intelligent. And Lin also puts his own concept of love, view of marriage and values on Yao Mulan.

This thesis intends to analyze the differences and similarities of Chinese women in Pearl S. Buck’s novel East Wind: West Wind and Lin Yutang’s novel Moment in Peking. So people can get better understanding of Chinese culture, and know the great meanings and influences of Chinese women’s growth and self awareness. The article is made of four chapters. The introduction of Pearl S. Buck and Lin Yutang, and the introduction of their novels East Wind: West Wind and Moment in Peking is on the first chapter, then the second introduces the social backgrounds and the changes of women’s social status. The third chapter analyzes the differences and similarities between Yang Kwei-lan and Yao Mulan from many aspects. The fourth is the conclusion. 

Keywords:  Pearl S. Buck  East Wind: West Wind  Lin Yutang  Moment in Peking