Abstract

 The item feminist which first mentioned by Charles Fourier has affected thousands of Chinese writers. Lin Yutang, one of the greatest Chinese writers who has been influenced by the “new thought”, also shows that he has been greatly affected by the item feminist in his work Moment in Peking.

    The figure Mulan has already been talked a lot by others. They mainly focus on comparing Mulan with other feminists figure in other world-famous works from the aspects of their characteristics. However, the previous writers has neglected study on Mulan individually from the aspects of her experience. 

In order to study on this figure from a new aspects. The author will study this figure further. This paper consists of four parts. The first part deals with the related researches on the development of the item feminist and the previous study on Moment in Peking. As for the second part, the author will aim at an overall statement of the theoretical foundation- feminist. The author will study feminist from its history and spread, what’s more, the effect of feminist to Chinese female based on the work Moment in Peking as well. The third part, the most important part, will focus on studying the figure Mulan in Moment in Peking from her family education and her love and marriage, and her hardship as well. This paper will study all of these aspects in detail. The last part will discuss some   limitations and suggestions for future study. And the author will draw a conclusion what has been studied in the whole paper.

Key words: feminist study;  Mulan;  Moment in Peking 

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1 Introduction-1

1.1 the history of feminism-1

1.2 Brief Introduction to Lin Yutang and Moment in Peking-1

1.3 the research on feminism of in Novel Moment in Peking-2

2 An overall statement of the theoretical foundation: feminist in the writing-4

2.1 The related researches on the history of feminism-4

2.2 The effect of feminism in China-6

2.2.1 The effect of feminism to female in China-6

2.2.2 The effect of feminism to male writers in China-8

3 A systematical analysis of Mulan from several aspects of social convention-10

3.1 Investigation of Mulan’s family education-10

3.2Investigation of Mulan’s love and marriage-11

3.3 Investigation of Mulan’s hardships and independence-12

3.4 Analysis on Mulan’s fate which results from characteristic-13

3.5Analysis on author’s attitudes towards the figure Mulan-14

4 Findings and Discussions-17

4.1 Major Findings-17

4.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study-19

Conclusion-21

Bibliography-24

Acknowledgments-25