Cultural appropriation and rewriting of Mulan’s poetry in The Woman Warrior
《女勇士》中木兰诗的文化挪用与改写

摘要

通过分析华裔美国作家汤亭亭在《女勇士》中运用中国古代木兰的民间故事，发现她采用了增删、移位和重写的技术，对原有的人物和情节进行了巨大的改变，因此，她的故事不是一个忠于中国文化道德和精神价值的纯粹中国故事，也不是对中国文化的完全认可。相反，作者塑造了一位具有鲜明西方女权意识的美籍华裔女英雄。新版《花木兰》既是一个中国神话也是美国故事，其深层语义结构与中国传统版本的《花木兰》差异巨大。汤亭亭塑造了富有时代精神、雄心勃勃、独立自主的华裔女性新形象。

Abstract

Through analyzing the use of the folk story of ancient Chinese Mulan by Chinese American writer Maxine Hong Kingston in The Woman Warrior, it is found that she used techniques such as addition, deletion, displacement, and rewriting to make significant changes to the original characters and plot. Therefore, her story is not a pure Chinese story that is loyal to Chinese cultural morality and spiritual values, nor is it a complete recognition of Chinese culture. On the contrary, the author portrays a Chinese American female hero with a distinct Western feminist consciousness. The new version of Mulan is both a Chinese myth and an American story, and its deep semantic structure differs greatly from the traditional Chinese version of Mulan. Maxine Hong Kingston has created a new image of Chinese women who are rich in the spirit of the times, ambitious, and independent.