A Cultural Semiotics Perspective on the Portrayal of Women in Literature from a Male Perspective ——A Unique Perspective in the Sun Also Rises

Research Article
Open access

A Cultural Semiotics Perspective on the Portrayal of Women in Literature from a Male Perspective ——A Unique Perspective in the Sun Also Rises

Ding Ding 1* , Yixuan Jiang 2 , Dong Wang 3
  • 1 School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, Peoples R China    
  • 2 Jing Hengyi School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121, Peoples R China    
  • 3 School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Hubei University of technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430000, Peoples R China    
  • *corresponding author 05181001@njnu.edu.cn
CHR Vol.3
ISSN (Print): 2753-7072
ISSN (Online): 2753-7064
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-29-4
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-30-0

Abstract

The Sun Also Rises has been reviewed by literary critics from a variety of perspectives, not a few of which are feminist. However, few scholars have examined the portrayal of women in literary works from a cultural semiotic perspective, combined with a male perspective. In this paper, we will introduce the "Phallus complex" from the author's masculine style, point out the absence of Phallus in Barnes' novel, and then discuss the embodiment of the symbols of the female body and sexual inversion in Brett's body. This is followed by an in-depth analysis of the symbolism of "the sun always rises", and finally, a proposal for a positive literary portrayal of women and a reflection on the development of social change.

Keywords:

the sun also rises, sexual inversion, cultural semiotics, phallus complex, female body

Ding,D.;Jiang,Y.;Wang,D. (2023). A Cultural Semiotics Perspective on the Portrayal of Women in Literature from a Male Perspective ——A Unique Perspective in the Sun Also Rises. Communications in Humanities Research,3,150-155.
Export citation

References

[1]. Sui, Yan." Men without Women--Also on the Image of Women in Hemingway's Works." Studies in Foreign Literature .03(2003):57-63+172.

[2]. Zhao, Yujun. The image of women under patriarchal consciousness. 2004. Shandong Normal University, MA thesis.

[3]. Li, Changting." The "Phallus Complex" in The Sun Also Rises." Studies in Foreign Literature 33.02 (2011): 106-113. doi:10.19915/j.cnki.fls.2011.02.014.

[4]. Wang, Jiehui." A Test of the Phllaus Complex in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises." Writers .18(2013):59-60+266.

[5]. Zhu, li." An Analysis of Bright's New Femininity in The Sun Also Rises from a Feminist Perspective." Theatre House .26(2018):232+234.

[6]. Liu. Paris, Meichen. Dysfunctional tribalism in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, The Explicator, 79(2021):1-2, 14-17, DOI: 10.1080/00144940.2021.1891012.

[7]. Torop, Peeter. Semiotics of cultural history. SIGN SYSTEMS STUDIES, 317-334, DOI10.12697/555.2017.45.3-4.07. 2017

[8]. Huang, Hanping." Lacan's Theory of the Subject and the Doctrine of Desire." Literary Review .03(2010):194-199.

[9]. Kang, Cheng." Text - the core concept of Lotman's cultural semiotics." Contemporary Foreign Literature. 04 (2005). doi:10.16077/j.cnki.issn1001-1757.2005.04.006.

[10]. Lacan, Jacques, Alan Sheridan, and Malcolm Bowie. "The signification of the phallus." Écrits. Routledge, 2020. 311-322.

[11]. Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. New York: Charles Scribner’s Son. 1954.

[12]. Rudat, Wolfgang EH. "Hemingway's" The Sun Also Rises": Masculinity, Feminism, and Gender-Role Reversal." American Imago 47.1 (1990): 43-68.

[13]. Meng Gang. Body Utopia in the Age of Consumption. 2004. Zhejiang University, PhD dissertation.

[14]. Yu, Xiaoping. "The New Woman in" The Sun Also Rises"." English Language Teaching 3.3 (2010): 176-179.

[15]. Deng, Pengfei." Analysis of Feminine Consciousness in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises." English Square .03 (2017): 50-52. doi:10.16723/j.cnki.yygc.2017.03.115.

[16]. Ye, Zixin." Using the "Iceberg Principle" to Analyze Hemingway's Works: The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea as Examples." Famous Writers and Masterpieces .04(2021):74-75.

[17]. Gu, Shihui. Gender equality and the construction of socialist harmonious society. 2006. Chongqing University, MA thesis.

Cite this article

Ding,D.;Jiang,Y.;Wang,D. (2023). A Cultural Semiotics Perspective on the Portrayal of Women in Literature from a Male Perspective ——A Unique Perspective in the Sun Also Rises. Communications in Humanities Research,3,150-155.

Data availability

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.

Disclaimer/Publisher's Note

The statements, opinions and data contained in all publications are solely those of the individual author(s) and contributor(s) and not of EWA Publishing and/or the editor(s). EWA Publishing and/or the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to people or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content.

About volume

Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 1

ISBN：978-1-915371-29-4(Print) / 978-1-915371-30-0(Online)
Editor：Faraz Ali Bughio, David T. Mitchell
Conference website: https://www.icihcs.org/
Conference date: 18 December 2022
Series: Communications in Humanities Research
Volume number: Vol.3
ISSN：2753-7064(Print) / 2753-7072(Online)

© 2024 by the author(s). Licensee EWA Publishing, Oxford, UK. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Authors who publish this series agree to the following terms:
1. Authors retain copyright and grant the series right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this series.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the series's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this series.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See Open access policy for details).

References

[1]. Sui, Yan." Men without Women--Also on the Image of Women in Hemingway's Works." Studies in Foreign Literature .03(2003):57-63+172.

[2]. Zhao, Yujun. The image of women under patriarchal consciousness. 2004. Shandong Normal University, MA thesis.

[3]. Li, Changting." The "Phallus Complex" in The Sun Also Rises." Studies in Foreign Literature 33.02 (2011): 106-113. doi:10.19915/j.cnki.fls.2011.02.014.

[4]. Wang, Jiehui." A Test of the Phllaus Complex in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises." Writers .18(2013):59-60+266.

[5]. Zhu, li." An Analysis of Bright's New Femininity in The Sun Also Rises from a Feminist Perspective." Theatre House .26(2018):232+234.

[6]. Liu. Paris, Meichen. Dysfunctional tribalism in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, The Explicator, 79(2021):1-2, 14-17, DOI: 10.1080/00144940.2021.1891012.

[7]. Torop, Peeter. Semiotics of cultural history. SIGN SYSTEMS STUDIES, 317-334, DOI10.12697/555.2017.45.3-4.07. 2017

[8]. Huang, Hanping." Lacan's Theory of the Subject and the Doctrine of Desire." Literary Review .03(2010):194-199.

[9]. Kang, Cheng." Text - the core concept of Lotman's cultural semiotics." Contemporary Foreign Literature. 04 (2005). doi:10.16077/j.cnki.issn1001-1757.2005.04.006.

[10]. Lacan, Jacques, Alan Sheridan, and Malcolm Bowie. "The signification of the phallus." Écrits. Routledge, 2020. 311-322.

[11]. Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. New York: Charles Scribner’s Son. 1954.

[12]. Rudat, Wolfgang EH. "Hemingway's" The Sun Also Rises": Masculinity, Feminism, and Gender-Role Reversal." American Imago 47.1 (1990): 43-68.

[13]. Meng Gang. Body Utopia in the Age of Consumption. 2004. Zhejiang University, PhD dissertation.

[14]. Yu, Xiaoping. "The New Woman in" The Sun Also Rises"." English Language Teaching 3.3 (2010): 176-179.

[15]. Deng, Pengfei." Analysis of Feminine Consciousness in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises." English Square .03 (2017): 50-52. doi:10.16723/j.cnki.yygc.2017.03.115.

[16]. Ye, Zixin." Using the "Iceberg Principle" to Analyze Hemingway's Works: The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea as Examples." Famous Writers and Masterpieces .04(2021):74-75.

[17]. Gu, Shihui. Gender equality and the construction of socialist harmonious society. 2006. Chongqing University, MA thesis.

For authors
Guide for authors Policies for authors Aims and scope Subscription Open access policy
For editors
Policies for editors Editorial board
For reviewers
Policies for reviewers Privacy policy

Cookies are used by this site.
Copyright © 2024 EWA Publishing, its licensors, and contributors. All rights reserved, including text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.