The image of a mirror in the construction of narcissistic intrigue in Chinese female prose. Based on the works of Lin Bai


https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-6-280-286

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Abstract

The article presents the specifics in the development of modern Chinese female prose, presents views on the concept of “narcissism” and a person’s perception of himself in the mirror, describes the cultural meaning of the image of mirrors, considers the narration of the episode “appreciating one’s own beauty in front of the mirror” in the works of Lin Bai. The author interprets the role of the image of a mirror in female prose from a feminist point of view, gives a generalized description of the works of Lin Bai – to build a dialogue between women and the world.


About the Author

Jiang Xinyu
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation

Jiang Xinyu, postgraduate student

bld. 6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047



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2. Freud, Z. (1924), “About narcissism”, in Psihologicheskaya i psihoanaliticheskaya biblioteka [Psychological and psychoanalytical library]. Leningrad, USSR, vol. 8, pp. 117–144.


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For citation: Xinyu J. The image of a mirror in the construction of narcissistic intrigue in Chinese female prose. Based on the works of Lin Bai. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2022;(6 (2)):280-286. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-6-280-286

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