韩中当代女性作家笔下的女主人公“神经症”现象

Abstract

This paper comparative study on heroine's neuropathy in the works of Korean and Chinese female writers. As time and individual ideas changed, the female can not keep silent any more, they have to say “No”. They unconsciously felt uneasy while resisting the male chauvinism. This was considered as “neuropathy” by men. Female writers express about heroine's neuropathy in the their works. Many heroines have a Hypochondria、Hysteria、Anxiety、obsessive-compulsive neurosis、Phobia and so on. However, what we should pay attention to is that, in China, both unmarried and married females had mental problems while in Korea, most of the females who had mental problems were married women. Their relationship with their husbands deteriorated, so that they were either sent to a mental hospital or abandoned by their husbands. Some even tried to commit suicide. In Korea, most of those women would never live a normal life again in the real world. Put it this way：In a world where women are not understood by men, if they are judged to be having mental problems, women in Korea would live a much more cruel and miserable life than women in China. This thesis compares the stories written by female writers in Korea and China. There is not only comparable similarity but also differences in different culture backgrounds between the two kinds of love stories. Thus, the thesis should concentrate on both similarity and differences, especially the different culture background and national character.