the theme of golden child

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1、TheThemeofGoldenChild　　【Abstract】GoldenChild，ChineseAmericanplaywrightDavidHenryHwang’s1998work，isacomebackafterhisM.Butterflyin1993.Thereareseldombutonlyfewplayreviewsonitsthemeandcreativetheatricalperformingorder，insteadofliteraryconcerns.Thisessaywillgivea

2、thoroughanalysisfromdifferentperspectiveofviewsthroughrespectivecomparison，togetherwithDavidHenryHwang’sideasonGoldenChild，triestohaveabetterunderstandingofthisplaythroughthede-constructionofcultureandbelieves.　　【Keywords】GoldenChild；WivesandConcubines；compar

3、ison；progress　　Introduction　　GoldenChild，writtenbyChineseAmericanplaywrightDavidHenryHwangandputonstageinBroadwayin1998，hastheimmortalthemeoftraditionalChinesesocialculturebutunlikethestereotypedoneswhichwereaimedtobeeye-catchingdeliberatelytomeettheforeignta

4、stes，GoldenChildshowsusitstranscendenceininvolvingbelievesandliberation.TheformerareusuallyconsideredtheaccompliceofOrientalismwhilethelattersincerelyportraysafamilyfinallygotunboundthroughbeliefconversion.　　WivesandConcubines，writtenbyChinesewriterSuTongin19

5、89sharesasimilarculturebackgroundwithHwang’sGoldenChild，―Chinesetraditionalfamilyconstitution―onehusbandasanauthorityinthehouse，withseveralwiveslivingtogether，flattering，quarrellinganddestroying.Diggingintothetwoworksfromtheirsharingperspectives―marriage，beli

6、efaswellasdestination，wewitnesssomethingeagerlydisplayedbyHwang，theassimilationandtranscendence，peepoutfrominside.AndthatistotallydifferentfromwhatisdesignedtorevealbySuTonginWivesandConcubines.　　Themesandauthor’sviews　　Theabovecomparisonshaveclearlywitnessed

7、thetwoworks’differentthemes.SuTongclaimshisobjectivityincreatingthosewomenbysaying“Ijusthabituallylostmygenderinwritinginsteadofwhatissaidofmywomanlikespirit”.Hispurposeistohelplesslyreproducewomen’stragicfatesthroughdepictingtheirlivesinatraditionalstyledfam

8、ily.Forhim，literatureisameansofrecallingemotionsfromreadersandhehasneverhadthethoughtofevokingactions.　　However，quitedifferentfromSuTong，DavidHenryHwangwrotethisnotonlyforretellingafamily