GIRL POWER IN JOY LUCK CLUB AND A TASTE OF HONEY
GIRL POWER IN JOY LUCK CLUB AND A TASTE OF HONEY
Kitchen sink realism (or kitchen sink drama) is a term coined to describe a British cultural movement that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in theatre, art, novels, film and television plays, whose 'heroes ' usually could be described as angry young men. It used a style of social realism, which often depicted the domestic situations of working-class Britons living in rented accommodation and spending their off-hours drinking in grimy pubs, to explore social issues and political controversies. The films, plays and novels employing this style are set frequently in poorer industrial areas in the North of England, and use the rough-hewn speaking accents and slang heard in those regions (web). By this term paper I am trying to figure out a comparative study of the theme of Girl Power in Joy Luck Club, a kitchen sink Drama and A Taste of Honey, a novel.
Women’s right is an issue of serious interest in much of today’s literature. As more women take the pen in hand more and more female characters take center stage in the stories they write. The newest term for this focus on the powerful heroine is called “Girl Power” and this strength of persona can be seen in two pieces of literature in particular. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.
In the Joy Luck Club Amy Tan write about the lives of four mother’s from China who pass their lives’ wisdom down to their daughters who are growing up on the foreign shores of California, USA. Each of these women has a story to tell about growing up in the patriarchal society of china, how they overcame the stifling environment they grew up in and how they survived and escaped to the “new world” as it were.
The story of An Mei, Waverly Jong’s mother, is an excellent example of how women can take control of the situations that are forced upon them and make their lives better. In the novel An Mei is sold into a marriage at the age of four. At
Kitchen sink realism (or kitchen sink drama) is a term coined to describe a British cultural movement that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in theatre, art, novels, film and television plays, whose 'heroes ' usually could be described as angry young men. It used a style of social realism, which often depicted the domestic situations of working-class Britons living in rented accommodation and spending their off-hours drinking in grimy pubs, to explore social issues and political controversies. The films, plays and novels employing this style are set frequently in poorer industrial areas in the North of England, and use the rough-hewn speaking accents and slang heard in those regions (web). By this term paper I am trying to figure out a comparative study of the theme of Girl Power in Joy Luck Club, a kitchen sink Drama and A Taste of Honey, a novel.
Women’s right is an issue of serious interest in much of today’s literature. As more women take the pen in hand more and more female characters take center stage in the stories they write. The newest term for this focus on the powerful heroine is called “Girl Power” and this strength of persona can be seen in two pieces of literature in particular. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.
In the Joy Luck Club Amy Tan write about the lives of four mother’s from China who pass their lives’ wisdom down to their daughters who are growing up on the foreign shores of California, USA. Each of these women has a story to tell about growing up in the patriarchal society of china, how they overcame the stifling environment they grew up in and how they survived and escaped to the “new world” as it were.
The story of An Mei, Waverly Jong’s mother, is an excellent example of how women can take control of the situations that are forced upon them and make their lives better. In the novel An Mei is sold into a marriage at the age of four. At
References: Delaney, Shelagh. A Taste of Honey. Methuen Student Edition with commentary and notes. London: Methuen Publishing, 1982. Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. New York: Monad Publishing, 1989. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_sink_realism