This paper analyzes the image of overseas Chinese as fighters in Garcia's Monkey Hunting and Diaz's The Brief Won-drous Life of Oscar Wao through the bifocal perspectives of historical analysis and literary studies.Garcia and Diaz blend historical facts with literary representation and depict overseas Chinese as fighters against racial oppression,gender discrimination,and power vio-lence.In Monkey Hunting,Garcia depicts Cuban Chinese who rise against racial oppression and gender discrimination through intertex-tuality,the combination of text with paratext and subtext,and the literary representation of"androgyny".In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,Diaz portrays kind and upright Dominican Chinese fighting against power abuse by combining"telling"with"showing".The image of overseas Chinese as fighters can subvert the stereotyped images of Chinese,offer insights into the experiences of overseas Chinese in Latino countries,and provide reference for the construction of positive Chinese and China images.
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美国拉美裔小说/《猿猴之猎》/《奥斯卡·瓦奥短暂而奇妙的一生》/华人形象/抗争者
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Latino American fiction/Monkey Hunting/The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao/image of overseas Chinese/fight-er
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