As one of the largest non-English speaking groups in Australia, Chinese
immigrants, refugees and sojourners are becoming more visible and have
begun to exert more influence on Australian society. These groups can be
better understood by reading and analysing Chinese literature in Australia
because these contemporary Chinese literary works discuss a numbers of
issues, such as how migrants and refugees adapted to the host culture while
preserving their traditional culture; how they became involved into the new
society and became a part of it; and what anxieties and difficulties they
encountered in the process of displacement and transition. The current
study uses the theories of both cultural studies and inter-cultural
communication theorists to examine literary works written in Chinese by
Chinese immigrants to Australia. Literary theory is also used as a
methodological tool to analyse the writings. The study compares the works
of writers from mainland China with the writings of Chinese from other
country ('Chinese outsiders'). Although the two groups write on similar
themes, the research shows that the characteristics, and the general
perspectives they present are quite different from one another.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219495 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Zhang, Xiao Jun, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Languages & International Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Xiao Jun Zhang |
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