Essays about: "Amy Tan"

Found 4 essays containing the words Amy Tan.

  1. 1. The Mah Jong Game of Life : Storytelling, Identity and Orientalist Discourse in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Victoria Balakireva; [2021]
    Keywords : Amy Tan; Asian American literature; Orientalism; language; storytelling; representation;

    Abstract : This project examines the connection between the representations of Chinese American women and the Orientalist discourse, as depicted in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club. Using a deconstructive and intersectional approach, the project focuses on four interconnected constituents that regulate the novel’s main structural and thematic elements: Narrative Structure; Mother-Daughter Relationships; Language, Writing and Identity; and Feminist Affirmations. READ MORE

  3. 2. From alienation to connection: the theme of alienation analyzed from a socialist feminist perspective in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Yongjiang Chen; [2014]
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  4. 3. Stories and Dreams, Memories and Secrets : Functions of Narration in Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses

    University essay from Avdelningen för litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Frida Niblaeus; [2013]
    Keywords : narration; function; narrating; narrator; story; narrative; authority; sisterhood; narratology; narrative theory; cultural studies; magical realism; post-colonialism; berättande; funktion; berättare; berättelse; auktoritet; systerskap; narratologi; narrativ teori; etnologi; folklore; magisk realism; postkolonialism;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore the functions of narration in Amy Tan’s novel The Hundred Secret Senses. The dissertation is divided into three parts: 1 ‘Introduction’, 2 ‘Analysis’ and 3 ‘Conclusion’. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Process of Identity Formation in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club : Amy Tan´s The Joy Luck Club

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Simin Golchin; [2011]
    Keywords : identity formation process; cultural clashes; language discrepancies; generational gaps; cultural hybridization; hybrid identity;

    Abstract : Like most ethnic and multicultural narratives, Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club revolves around the development of an identity in which immigrant experience and all the questions of ethno- cultural identity that attend to it play central roles. The aim of this essay is to investigate the process of identity formation of the second-generation Chinese immigrant daughters who encounter Chinese culture at home while having the immediate experience of living in America, with a focus on the cultural, language and generational gaps that exist between the Chinese mothers and their American- born daughters. READ MORE