INTRODUCTION
A. Chen Ran and Amy Tan-A Biographical Sketch
B. Rationale for a Comparison between Chen Ran and Amy Tan
C. Organization of the Book
CHAPTERISETTING THE SCENE AND A LITERATURE REVIEW
A. Research Questions and Selection of Materials
B. Research Methodologies
C. Previous Scholarship on Chen Ran and Amy Tan
CHAPTERII MOTHER-DAUGHTERRELATIONSHIP-FROM REBELLION TO
RECONCILIATION
A. Representations of the Mother in Contemporary Westem and Chinese
Narratives
B. A Thematic Comparison on Mother-Daughter Relationship
CHAPTERIII HETEROSEXUALRELATIONSHIP-FROM ATTACHMENT TO
BANISHMENT
A. Awakening Identity in Westem and Chinese Female Literary
Tradition
B. A Thematic Comparison on Heterosexual Relationship
CHAPTERIV SISTERHOOD-FROM CONSOLATION TO SALVATION
A. Sisterhood Is Powerful
B. A Thematic Comparison on Sisterhood
C. Acceptance of Sisterhood: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
CHAPTER V A COMPARISON OF METAPHORICALIMAGERIES
A. Dreams, Illusions and Women''s Identity Crisis
B. The Mirror and Women''s Self-Recognition
C. Birds and Women''s Dream of lndependence
CHAPTER VIWRITING STRATEGIES OF CHEN RAN AND AMY TAN
A. Chen Ran''s Personalized Writing and Gender-Transcendent
Consciousness
B. Amy Tan-Talk Story and Matrilineal Reconstruction
C. Divergent Strategies, Same Pursuit
CONCLUSION
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