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Eternal She, Guiding Goddess —— On the Sense of Women-worship in Guo-moruo’s Novels

Article Summary by: TsingHua    

Original Author: Journal of Anhui Business College of Vocational Technology
All the female characters portrayed by Guo-moruo in his novels are like Saint Mary who can lead people to light.Such female
characters include Dongfang-nala who struggled against the Three Obediences(to father before marriaget,o husband after marriage,and to son after the death of husband) set in ancient time for Chinese women after the May 4th Movement and the heroine in the 1930s who threw herself into the social struggle as well as the woman who stayed strong faced with the hardship in her life after the war against Japanese broke out.They are the author’s ideals,who are considered as the lofty holy goddesses leading people to pursue truth,goodness and beauty.Their characteristics endowed by the author are bright reflection of their times,which not only records the author’s journey of the mind,but also shows us the history of China in the first half of the 20th century as well as tells us about the course of Chinese modern women’s struggle for liberation.Through the praise and worship the author shows for women,he makes the female image idealized,aestheticzed and sanctified as a unique way to reform the society and realize the “human happiness”.
Published: March 30, 2006
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