Analysis of Maxine Hong Kingston "No Name Woman"
Chapter I
Introduction
1.1. Background of study
Adultery defined as a sex relationship between a married woman and a man other than her spouse or a sex relationship that usually happened also between unmarried couples in their relationship. It is actually the same as stated in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary; adultery is a sex between a married person and someone who is not their husband or wife (18). Indeed, Adultery sometimes becomes something crucial in our society. As an addition, in certain societies or cultures, it considered as an illegal relationship or we can say forbidden against norm or belief in societies or cultures itself. Like what the writers have discussed above, that adultery has a strong relationship to the society in which individuals made up of woman and man, and culture found in the community. Further, the case of adultery not only finds in real life but we can also find them in literature where an author wants to express their ideas through their works. The writers would like to talk about adultery that is in their work, and the public's view of peoples who commit adultery. Thus, in this discussion for the writers interested in discussed about the woman taken in adultery, as seen in No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston. In one of them and the society has viewed toward women in adultery.
A highly acclaimed memoirist, Kingston integrates autobiographical elements with Asian legend and fictionalized history to delineate cultural conflicts confronting of Chinese descent, particularly issues of female identity. Frequently studies in a variety of academic disciplines. Kingston often focuses on issues of cultural and institutional sexism and feminism as well as female autonomy and identity. Her first autobiographical volume, The Woman Warrior, which the first chapter is No Name Woman has been deeming an innovative and important feminist work. It viewed as a personal, unconventional memoir that seeks to reconcile Eastern and
Introduction
1.1. Background of study
Adultery defined as a sex relationship between a married woman and a man other than her spouse or a sex relationship that usually happened also between unmarried couples in their relationship. It is actually the same as stated in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary; adultery is a sex between a married person and someone who is not their husband or wife (18). Indeed, Adultery sometimes becomes something crucial in our society. As an addition, in certain societies or cultures, it considered as an illegal relationship or we can say forbidden against norm or belief in societies or cultures itself. Like what the writers have discussed above, that adultery has a strong relationship to the society in which individuals made up of woman and man, and culture found in the community. Further, the case of adultery not only finds in real life but we can also find them in literature where an author wants to express their ideas through their works. The writers would like to talk about adultery that is in their work, and the public's view of peoples who commit adultery. Thus, in this discussion for the writers interested in discussed about the woman taken in adultery, as seen in No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston. In one of them and the society has viewed toward women in adultery.
A highly acclaimed memoirist, Kingston integrates autobiographical elements with Asian legend and fictionalized history to delineate cultural conflicts confronting of Chinese descent, particularly issues of female identity. Frequently studies in a variety of academic disciplines. Kingston often focuses on issues of cultural and institutional sexism and feminism as well as female autonomy and identity. Her first autobiographical volume, The Woman Warrior, which the first chapter is No Name Woman has been deeming an innovative and important feminist work. It viewed as a personal, unconventional memoir that seeks to reconcile Eastern and