Abstract
The folklore-prototypal criticism of feminity is a native theory on Chinese female literature criticism, originated from feminist prototypal criticism. The paper attempts to analyze the female iamge in Southern Yangtze literature and tries to delineate a trajectory of prototype development from the theme, the figure to the imago in folklore. Under the multiple approaches to modern literature, folklore-prototypal criticism of feminity has also taken on more theoretical significance in three aspects: the emphasis on exploration of universality and totality along with the ecological significance of the inner world development, the emphasis on individuality and particularity along with the prominance of the author's inner creative temperament, and the emphasis on the fusion of psychological prototype and literary prototype along with the creation of aesthetic enjoyment. As an original native theoretical approach to Chinese literature, folklore-prototypal criticism of feminity may prove to be of unique significance in building female image and developing female inner world.
First Page
132
Last Page
138
Recommended Citation
Mao, Haiying. 2012. "The Folklore-Archetypal Criticism of Feminity: with the Female Image of Southern Yangtze in Chinese Modern Literature as a Critical Example." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 32, (5): pp.132-138. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol32/iss5/13
