●INTRODUCTION
●A. Chen Ran and Amy Tan-A Biographical Sketch
●B. Rationale for a Comparison between Chen Ran and Amy Tan
●C. Organization of the Book
●CHAPTER I SETTING THE SCENE AND A LITERATURE REVIEW
●A. Research Questions and Selection of Materials
●B. Research Methodologies
●C. Previous Scholarship on Chen Ran and Amy Tan
●CHAPTER II MOTHER-DAUGHTERRELATIONSHIP-FROM REBELLION TO RECONCILIATION
●A. Representations of the Mother in Contemporary Westem and Chinese Narratives
●B. A Thematic Comparison on Mother-Daughter Relationship
●CHAPTER III HETEROSEXUALRELATIONSHIP-FROM ATTACHMENT TO BANISHMENT
●A. Awakening Identity in Westem and Chinese Female Literary Tradition
●B. A Thematic Comparison on Heterosexual Relationship
●CHAPTER IV SISTERHOOD-FROM CONSOLATION TO SALVATION
●A. Sisterhood Is Powerful
●B. A Thematic Comparison on Sisterhood
●C. Acceptance of Sisterhood: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
●CHAPTER V A COMPARISON OF METAPHORICALIMAGERIES
●A. Dreams, Illusions and Women's Identity Crisis......
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和靜所著的《尋找心靈的家園――陳染和譚恩美小說比較研究》旨在從比較文學和文化研究的角度探討中國當代女性作家陳染和華裔美國女性作家譚恩美小說中所體現出的女性自我意識的迷失和重構。陳染和譚恩美盡管身處不同的社會文化語境,但兩人的創作均源自女性內心的獨特感受,以個人言說的方式,關注女性在特殊的家庭背景和強大的父權話語影響下的心靈成長歷程。 除緒論和結語外,《尋找心靈的家園――陳染和譚恩美小說比較研究》共分六章。緒論回顧了陳染和譚恩美的個人經歷和創作階段,並對兩者的可比性進行了詳細的闡釋。**章為文本研究的鋪墊,介紹了《尋找心靈的家園――陳染和譚恩美小說比較研究》的研究問題和選材依據,並討論了本書涉及的研究方法和核心概念,包括新批評理論、身份認同理論、女性主義各階段特征及其後現代轉向。作者還對關於兩位作家的文獻研究進行了細致的梳理和分析,以突出本書的切......