THE OLD PATTERN AND THE CREATION OF THE NEW MASCULINE IDENTITY IN JULIE WU’S NOVEL
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Julie Wu, Frank Chin, wen, masculine identity, third son.Abstract
The Old Pattern and the Creation of the New Masculine Identity in Julie Wu’s Novel. This paper analyses the way in which Julie Wu transforms Saburo or Tong Chia-lin, the main character of her novel, into a true man. Unlike the great Chinese American author and critic Frank Chin, Julie Wu does not turn her character into a militant hero by developing his wu nature, but transforms him into a Taiwanese American scholar after developing his wen nature, through many years of studying and numerous sacrifices both in Taiwan and the United States of America.
REZUMAT. Vechiul model şi crearea noii identităţi masculine în romanul lui Julie Wu. Lucrarea de față analizează modul în care Julie Wu reușește să-și transforme personajul central al romanului ei, Saburo sau Tong Chia-lin, într-un bărbat adevărat. Spre deosebire de marele critic și scriitor sino-american Frank Chin, Julie Wu nu apelează la transformarea personajului ei într-un erou combatant prin dezvoltarea naturii wu, ci își transformă personajul într-un remarcabil învățat taiwanezo-american care și-a dezvoltat natura wen, după mulți ani de studiu și sacrificii în Taiwan și Statele Unite ale Americii.
Cuvinte cheie: Julie Wu, Frank Chin, wen, identitate masculină, al treilea fiu.
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