Critical Analysis of Women's Consciousness in Zhang Jie's Works: A Study of Her Representative Works

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2023 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 10 Issue 3

Year of Publication : 2023

Authors : Manju Rani Hara

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I3P103

How to Cite?

Manju Rani Hara, "Critical Analysis of Women's Consciousness in Zhang Jie's Works: A Study of Her Representative Works," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 10,  no. 3, pp. 13-20, 2023. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I3P103

Abstract:

This is an attempt to analyze women's consciousness in Zhang Jie's work critically. The paper will do an in-depth study of Zhang Jie's representative works, using the comparative analytical method, which compares Zhang Jie's images of women with that found in the literary works of earlier periods to reflect the evolving nature of women's consciousness in her works.

Keywords:

Women's consciousness, Zhang jie, Gender, Love must not be forgotten, The ark, Emerald.

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