The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China

Wei Ding; Dan Gao

doi:doi:10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15

| Peer-Reviewed

The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China

Wei Ding, Dan Gao

Published in Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 8, Issue 1)

Received: 8 January 2020 Published: 25 February 2020

Views: Downloads:

Download PDF

Share This Article

Twitter
Linked In
Facebook

Abstract

As a diaspora writer, Coetzee has a deep understanding of the identity crisis, and his works reflect the profound thinking on this issue and the positive exploration of the solution to the problem. This paper starts with the narrative strategy of Coetzee’s works and analyzes that diaspora subject constantly encounters the identity crisis in the environment and through the expression of discourse constructs a new identity. This study examined the issue of identity of new citizens in the fast development of urbanization in China, which became an obstacle for them to get integrated to the city. After the analysis of questionnaire among new citizens, this study found that language use functions as a major element to influence their identity. Through the analysis of discourse mode and identity issues of Coetzee’s novels, the paper showed that the concept of respecting the individual, equality and harmony to get the identity adaptation of the new citizen is conducive to promoting the integration of different regional cultures, enhancing the understanding between people, and alleviating the personal pressure and social contradictions caused by the difficulties of integration. Thus the study can provide a feasible solution for the immigrant integration problem faced by new citizens in the process of urbanization in China.

Published in	Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 8, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15
Page(s)	30-34
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Diaspora Writing, Coetzee, Cultural Identity

References

[1]	Said, Edward. “Reflections on Exile”, in Reflections on Exile and Other Essays, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003, p. 177.
[2]	Li, Xia. Language Urbanization of New Citizens. Journal of Shenyang Normal University (Social Science Edition), No. 5, 2015 Vol. 39 General, pp. 191.
[3]	Mei, Xiaoyun. Rootlessness of Culture: An Immigrant Culture Case Study of VS Naipaul. Xi’an: Shanxi People’s Publishing House, 2003.
[4]	Zhenya, Zhu. An Overview about Research on the Concept and Connotation of “New Citizens”. Journal of Huazhong Agricultural University (Social Sciences Edition), No. 118, 2015 Vol. 4, pp. 83. K. Elissa, “Title of paper if known,” unpublished.
[5]	Attwell, David. Coetzee’s Postcolonial Diaspora. Twentieth-Century Literature, 2011, 57 (1), pp 9-19.
[6]	Wen Yue, Chen Zhaorong. Diaspora and Marginalization: an Alternative Value Concern of World Literature. Lanzhou: Gansu People’s Publishing House, pp 34-35.
[7]	Jacobs, J U. Picturing the African Diaspora in Recent Fiction. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa. 21: 1-2, pp. 97-116.
[8]	Lewis, Pericles. The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), p. 11.
[9]	Farred, Grant. Out of Context-Thinking Cultural Studies Diasporically. Cultural Study Review, 2009, 3 (15), pp 130-150.
[10]	Li, Zhou. Cultural Conflicts in Diaspora Literature: On Coetzee’s Biographical Novel Summer. Journal of Liaoning TV & Radio University, 2018 (04), pp. 44-45.
[11]	Qiong, Pang. African Identity or British Identity: Study on Coetzee’s Consciousness of Culture Identity in Boyhood and Youth. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Coetze Studies and Postcolonial Literature, 2010.
[12]	Fanon, Franz. Black Skin, White Mask. Trans. Wan Bing. Nanjing: Yilin Press, 2005.
[13]	Li, Xia. Research on Language Needs of Migrant Workers in the Process of Citizenization. Social Science Journal, No. 6, 2015 Vol. 221 General, pp. 57-61.
[14]	Deleuze, Gilles. “He Stuttered”, in Essays Critical and Clinical, trans. Daniel W. Smith and Michael Greco, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1997, p. 113.
[15]	Shouxiang, Hunag. Maternal Memory and Cultural Integration in the Vision of Diaspora Literature. Hunan Social Science, 2017 (05), pp. 165-172.

Cite This Article

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Wei Ding, Dan Gao. (2020). The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China. Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(1), 30-34. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Wei Ding; Dan Gao. The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China. Humanit. Soc. Sci. 2020, 8(1), 30-34. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Wei Ding, Dan Gao. The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China. Humanit Soc Sci. 2020;8(1):30-34. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15,
  author = {Wei Ding and Dan Gao},
  title = {The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China},
  journal = {Humanities and Social Sciences},
  volume = {8},
  number = {1},
  pages = {30-34},
  doi = {10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.hss.20200801.15},
  abstract = {As a diaspora writer, Coetzee has a deep understanding of the identity crisis, and his works reflect the profound thinking on this issue and the positive exploration of the solution to the problem. This paper starts with the narrative strategy of Coetzee’s works and analyzes that diaspora subject constantly encounters the identity crisis in the environment and through the expression of discourse constructs a new identity. This study examined the issue of identity of new citizens in the fast development of urbanization in China, which became an obstacle for them to get integrated to the city. After the analysis of questionnaire among new citizens, this study found that language use functions as a major element to influence their identity. Through the analysis of discourse mode and identity issues of Coetzee’s novels, the paper showed that the concept of respecting the individual, equality and harmony to get the identity adaptation of the new citizen is conducive to promoting the integration of different regional cultures, enhancing the understanding between people, and alleviating the personal pressure and social contradictions caused by the difficulties of integration. Thus the study can provide a feasible solution for the immigrant integration problem faced by new citizens in the process of urbanization in China.},
 year = {2020}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China
AU  - Wei Ding
AU  - Dan Gao
Y1  - 2020/02/25
PY  - 2020
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15
DO  - 10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15
T2  - Humanities and Social Sciences
JF  - Humanities and Social Sciences
JO  - Humanities and Social Sciences
SP  - 30
EP  - 34
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2330-8184
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15
AB  - As a diaspora writer, Coetzee has a deep understanding of the identity crisis, and his works reflect the profound thinking on this issue and the positive exploration of the solution to the problem. This paper starts with the narrative strategy of Coetzee’s works and analyzes that diaspora subject constantly encounters the identity crisis in the environment and through the expression of discourse constructs a new identity. This study examined the issue of identity of new citizens in the fast development of urbanization in China, which became an obstacle for them to get integrated to the city. After the analysis of questionnaire among new citizens, this study found that language use functions as a major element to influence their identity. Through the analysis of discourse mode and identity issues of Coetzee’s novels, the paper showed that the concept of respecting the individual, equality and harmony to get the identity adaptation of the new citizen is conducive to promoting the integration of different regional cultures, enhancing the understanding between people, and alleviating the personal pressure and social contradictions caused by the difficulties of integration. Thus the study can provide a feasible solution for the immigrant integration problem faced by new citizens in the process of urbanization in China.
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
ER  -

Copy | Download

Author Information

Wei Ding

English Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, China
Dan Gao

English Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, China

Download PDF

Sections

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Wei Ding, Dan Gao. (2020). The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China. Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(1), 30-34. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Wei Ding; Dan Gao. The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China. Humanit. Soc. Sci. 2020, 8(1), 30-34. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Wei Ding, Dan Gao. The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China. Humanit Soc Sci. 2020;8(1):30-34. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15,
  author = {Wei Ding and Dan Gao},
  title = {The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China},
  journal = {Humanities and Social Sciences},
  volume = {8},
  number = {1},
  pages = {30-34},
  doi = {10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.hss.20200801.15},
  abstract = {As a diaspora writer, Coetzee has a deep understanding of the identity crisis, and his works reflect the profound thinking on this issue and the positive exploration of the solution to the problem. This paper starts with the narrative strategy of Coetzee’s works and analyzes that diaspora subject constantly encounters the identity crisis in the environment and through the expression of discourse constructs a new identity. This study examined the issue of identity of new citizens in the fast development of urbanization in China, which became an obstacle for them to get integrated to the city. After the analysis of questionnaire among new citizens, this study found that language use functions as a major element to influence their identity. Through the analysis of discourse mode and identity issues of Coetzee’s novels, the paper showed that the concept of respecting the individual, equality and harmony to get the identity adaptation of the new citizen is conducive to promoting the integration of different regional cultures, enhancing the understanding between people, and alleviating the personal pressure and social contradictions caused by the difficulties of integration. Thus the study can provide a feasible solution for the immigrant integration problem faced by new citizens in the process of urbanization in China.},
 year = {2020}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Enlightenment of Cultural Identity in Coetzee’s Diaspora Writing on the Integration of New Citizens in China
AU  - Wei Ding
AU  - Dan Gao
Y1  - 2020/02/25
PY  - 2020
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15
DO  - 10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15
T2  - Humanities and Social Sciences
JF  - Humanities and Social Sciences
JO  - Humanities and Social Sciences
SP  - 30
EP  - 34
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2330-8184
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.20200801.15
AB  - As a diaspora writer, Coetzee has a deep understanding of the identity crisis, and his works reflect the profound thinking on this issue and the positive exploration of the solution to the problem. This paper starts with the narrative strategy of Coetzee’s works and analyzes that diaspora subject constantly encounters the identity crisis in the environment and through the expression of discourse constructs a new identity. This study examined the issue of identity of new citizens in the fast development of urbanization in China, which became an obstacle for them to get integrated to the city. After the analysis of questionnaire among new citizens, this study found that language use functions as a major element to influence their identity. Through the analysis of discourse mode and identity issues of Coetzee’s novels, the paper showed that the concept of respecting the individual, equality and harmony to get the identity adaptation of the new citizen is conducive to promoting the integration of different regional cultures, enhancing the understanding between people, and alleviating the personal pressure and social contradictions caused by the difficulties of integration. Thus the study can provide a feasible solution for the immigrant integration problem faced by new citizens in the process of urbanization in China.
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
ER  -

Copy | Download