Claiming the Lost Homeland: A Study of the Intertextuality Between Marilyn Chin’s Poetry and Classical Chinese Poems

• 발행기관: 건국대학교 모빌리티인문학 연구원, 건국대학교 아시아·디아스포라 연구소
• 저자명: Ruoqian Pu Huifang Li
• 간행물 정보: 『International Journal of Diaspora&Cultural Criticism』Vol.6 No.1, 5~33쪽, 전체 29쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2016.01.30

영문 초록

Through a detailed study of the intertextuality between the poems of Chinese American poetess Marilyn Chin and Chinese classical poetry, this paper aims to interpret the significance of Chin’s borrowing from, parodying of, and/or echoing Chinese classical poetry—namely, whether she attempts to return to the Chinese literary tradition or simply appropriates Chinese cultural codes to promote her ethnic identity. Are her works in accordance with or against the Chinese American literary tradition? The paper points out that the bilingual intertextuality practiced by Chinese American poets is not only influenced by the literary and cultural tradition of the motherland and the adopted land, but also by their personal choices, which is determined by the identity politics of American ethnic minorities.

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키워드

Chinese American poetry Chinese classical poetry Cultural codes Identity politics