Dwellings,Self and Other-Self:The Poetics of the Lived-Space in the Novels of Toni Morrison and Alai
As the most important lived-space of one's being-in-the-world,the house one lives in is closely related to the construction of the self,and it contains the social relations between people.Toni Morrison and Alai,the renowned ethnic writers in the U.S.and China respectively,depict two special ethnic groups with the writing of houses,representing the lived-space of their protagonists.Space narrative functions as one of the major strategies adopted by both writers,focusing on the lived-space of the ethnic groups and conveying the tension between the self-construction and social construction of the main characters.It operates with the intimate feelings of the subject towards the lived-space and unfolds the power mechanism of the house as a social space.
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