Subverting and Surpassing Traditional View—An Exploration of Gaze Mode in Colleen McCullough's Novels

Foreign Literature Studies ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 159-165.

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Subverting and Surpassing Traditional View—An Exploration of Gaze Mode in Colleen McCullough's Novels

Zhou Qihua, Xu Mei

Online:2017-02-25 Published:2022-06-15
About author:Zhou Qihua is Ph.D candidate of Huazhong Science and Technology University(Wuhan 430074, China), specializes in European and American literature. Email:qihua98@163.com; Xu Mei, Ph.D of Huazhong Science and Technology University, is associate professor of Beijing Jingbei Technology College(Beijing 101400, China), specializes in literature and culture. Email: witersweet@163.com

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Abstract: In contemporary society and culture, male is usually regarded as the subject of gaze while female the object. Colleen McCullough, a famous Australian writer, subversively explores the gaze mode in her novels. She discovers the changes of the subject of gaze in modern society; elucidates the changes and new significance of the gender beauty ignored by the traditional gaze mode, also comments on the new challenges brought by the new gaze mode.

Key words: Colleen McCullough, novel, gaze, subversion, surpassing

Zhou Qihua, Xu Mei. Subverting and Surpassing Traditional View—An Exploration of Gaze Mode in Colleen McCullough's Novels[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2017, 39(1): 159-165.

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