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文学想象与文化置换：当代华语小说中的美国形象（1980：2005）
Wu Yilan
This book uses the theoretical method of comparative literary iconology to conduct a diachronic study of the image of the United States in Chinese novels from 1980 to 2005, and examines the characteristics and contemporary significance of the image of the United States in three major periods. (1) The image of the United States in Chinese-language novels in the 1980s embodies strong "political modeling" characteristics, and is a politically modeled image of a developed capitalist country. (2) The image of the United States in Chinese novels in the 1990s shows the characteristics of "social panorama", is broad and diverse, and expresses the rich social features and vivid personalities of the United States. (3) The image of the United States in Chinese novels at the beginning of the 21st century shows the characteristics of "cultural diversity" in the United States. It no longer focuses too much on macro-level discourses such as politics and economics, but instead turns to an in-depth exploration of the basic factor of American society: "people."
This book uses the theoretical method of comparative literary iconology to conduct a diachronic study of the image of the United States in Chinese novels from 1980 to 2005, and examines the characteristics and contemporary significance of the image of the United States in three major periods. (1) The image of the United States in Chinese-language novels in the 1980s embodies strong "political modeling" characteristics, and is a politically modeled image of a developed capitalist country. (2) The image of the United States in Chinese novels in the 1990s shows the characteristics of "social panorama", is broad and diverse, and expresses the rich social features and vivid personalities of the United States. (3) The image of the United States in Chinese novels at the beginning of the 21st century shows the characteristics of "cultural diversity" in the United States. It no longer focuses too much on macro-level discourses such as politics and economics, but instead turns to an in-depth exploration of the basic factor of American society: "people."