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Mother-daughther Relationship and Cultural Inheritance

The Relation of Storytelling and Cultural Inheritance in Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club

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The book tries to touch upon all causes of confrontations between mother and daughter in Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club, such as the paradoxity of mother-tongue in the case of second generation immigrants, the incompatibility of the fable-like Chinese tradition and the fact-oriented American thinking, or the different appraisal of character traits. Just as Tan gradually brings together mother and daughter, we will explore the parallels in the lives of all characters. Finally, we will examine how the mothers turn to storytelling to recover their relationships to the their daughters, and to transmit th...

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Bewertung von Róbert Kristof aus Budapest

31.08.2008

The topic is totally actual, because it deals indirectly with the relationship of Chinese and European culture, about the ancient culture of a country which is constantly growing an getting more powerful recently with an unbelievable speed. In addition this impression is told by a Chinese-born … Mehr The topic is totally actual, because it deals indirectly with the relationship of Chinese and European culture, about the ancient culture of a country which is constantly growing an getting more powerful recently with an unbelievable speed. In addition this impression is told by a Chinese-born American writer , who told us about this topic using own life impressions in other works as well. There was an other reason I read this essay of Ms Kurucz on the Internet. I read a long time ago another novel of Amy Tan, The Thousand Secret Senses, and I was looking for information to see what kind of evaluation Tan gets in secondary literature. The subject is interesting for me as well, because I am engaged with the topic, found previously for example by Hermann Hesse, whether the two cultures can be melted into each other, a process that could bring advantages for both sides, highlighting the part of European culture, which is characteristic for all European nations and helps to get unit it. We have to find better conditions for such a process, than it was at the time of Hermann Hesse’s trip to Asia. There is a need for such a renewal process. In my opinion in Europe but as well in the US, which is in cultural relations connected to us, and shows similar signs of crisis. There is no solution for alienation, families falling apart, consumption getting more and more the aim of life are typical signals. At last but not least, for a man like me it is interesting to understand a little bit of one of the greatest secrets, the soul of wives. This where my own selfish point of views, and got really some answers from this essay. One can get to know the structure of the novel, the main persons and their characters. We get a short overview about the historical background, about the difficulties because of a foreign mother language and cultural background in the case of immigration. Interesting parallels are shown in the fate of mothers and daughters existing even under fundamentally different life conditions. Different characters have more or less success in their life, we get a short analysis about the reasons. The list of used secondary literature is quite impressive I wish a lot of success to the young author, who I think has to struggle herself with the difficulties of mediating cultures, belonging to different languages, even if this languages and cultures are part of Europe. As for me: It was a joy to read this short essay, and I’ll read the novell of Amy Tan, the Joy Luck Club. Weniger

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Bewertung von Agnes Veréb aus Dunakeszi

31.08.2008

It was a pleasure to read Anikó Kurucz’s book entitled ‘Mother-daughter Relationship and Multicultural Inheritance in Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club’. My previous sentence may sound as a cliché, however, I must admit that the book and the topic itself is very … Mehr It was a pleasure to read Anikó Kurucz’s book entitled ‘Mother-daughter Relationship and Multicultural Inheritance in Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club’. My previous sentence may sound as a cliché, however, I must admit that the book and the topic itself is very interesting and ingenious even for those who did not read Amy Tan’s work or are not interested in literature at all. The main attraction of Ms. Kurucz’s work is that she poses such questions which are actual in our everyday life. She writes about mother-daughter relationship, human relations and cultural differences, which are very up-to-date problems nowadays. The author mentions a lot of interesting information, which proves her deep and detailed knowledge of the Chinese culture, customs and superstitions. Personally, I really appreciated the logical and coherent structure of the work, the argumentation was well-built and the author has managed to preserve her impartiality. The most interesting points of the Tan’s book were collected (such as the interpretations of actions and customs, the common fate of the mothers’ and daughters’ and role of the language), and the author unnoticed encourages the reader to think through her debated questions again and reread Tan’s book from a new point of view now. In my opinion, not only those people should read this book who would like to see Amy Tan’s work from another perspective but I would recommend it for those as well who are thinking about settling down in a foreign country or have decided to bring up their children in a different cultural environment as their own. Ms. Kurucz’s argumentation points out what kind of obstacles the parents have to face if they would like to share their cultural inheritance with their children far from their home. Besides, this book introduces those differences, which can separate generations from each other. Regarding these fact, I think every reader can find those aspects of Ms. Kurucz’s book, which are relevant to their life. Weniger

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