Abstract
This paper finds an obvious change in Chinese popular culture through analyzing the stories of going abroad since the 1990s: the leading character spares no effort to seek American Dream during the early 1990s, but turns back since 2008. It has become a significant narrative mode, and clearly demonstrated the changes of the image of America. From seeking American Dream to realizing Chinese Dream, it narrates a changed China via leading character's return; and it is also a story about how Chinese Dream replaces American Dream. However, such a narrative mode reveals some problems: many of its judgments are accompanied with Occidentalist prejudice; it establishes Chinese masculine confidence by using the 'misogyny' motif; it fails to provide an exemplary story regarding how to achieve the Chinese Dream.
First Page
196
Last Page
205
Recommended Citation
Chen, Guozhan. 2017. "The Returning Dream-seeking Trip: the Narrative of America in Chinese Popular Culture since the 1990s." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 37, (4): pp.196-205. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol37/iss4/17
