声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One Literary Backgrounds
1．1 A Sketch of the Image of the West in Indigenous Chinese Literature
1．2 A Sketch of the Image of Americans in Chinese American Literature
1．3 Scholarship on Ha Jin's work
Chapter Two: Theoretical Backgrounds
2．1 Imagology
2．2 Orientalism
2．3 Occidentalism
Chapter Three: The Materialistic 'Other'
3．1 The 'Pragmatic' White American
3．1．1 The Material Dimension: Diligent Money Maker
3．1．2 The Spiritual Dimension: The Pragmatic Dreamer
3．1．3 The Moral Dimension: Self-deceiving Moralist
3．2 Analysis: Decentralization of American Culture as the Other
3．2．1 Heterogeneous American Culture: Pragmatism
3．2．2 Pursuit of an Independent Cultural Identity
Chapter Four: The Superior 'Other'
4．1．1 The Arrogant Boss
4．1．2 The Impossible Lover
4．1．3 The Discriminatory Abuser
4．1．4 The Hypocritical Philanthropist
4．2 Analysis: Challenging the Orientalist Hierarchical Order
4．2．1 The Collective Memory of Immigration Experience
4．2．2 Disillusionment with American Multiculturalism
4．2．3 Rebellion against the Inaccessible 'Other'
Conclusion
Works Cited
Acknowledgments
