1、中文 3300 字 ,1880 英文单词， 9900 英文字符 文献出处： Liu F. Subversion from within: Power of Supernatural Female in Pu Songlings Liaozhai Zhiyi1J. Quarterly JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES,2014,2 (3),67-85 Subversion from within: Power of Supernatural Female in Pu Songlings Liaozhai Zhiyi Feiying Liu Studies on Pu Song
2、lingsLiaozhaiZhiyi so far have yielded considerableargumentson the domes- tication (or humanization) of the supernatural females in his metamorphosis narrative, a process through which the alien power of these supernatural females is eventually assimilated into the patriarchal society of human world
3、. However, through a close reading of Pus metamorphosis nar- rative, I argue that supernaturalfemales continue to constitute a subversive force even after they have been domesticated. Although subject to the positionality of the patriarchal order, women are not completely passive and powerless withi
4、n this structure. Unable to transcend the disciplines of phallocentric society, they somehow manage to survive within that order through various ways. In practice, women pose a profound threat to these disciplines by implicitly redeploying and transforming them into womens own favorable advantage th
5、at can in turn secure feminine power. Thus, a real subversion does not come from transcendence, but precisely comes from within. With an examination of the supernatural womens individual efforts as well as their various forms of alliance, this article aims to make manifest of how supernatural female
6、s proactively constitute a permanent threat to the patriarchal society. Keywords: redeployment, subversion, grand narrative, private narrative PARODIC REDEPLOYMENT OF PATRIARCHAL DISCOURSE Although women are traditionally viewed as vulnerable groups that are normally more inclined to be exposed to oppression, tangible or intangible, they are not completely silent recipients of injustice, but subjects with agency who are able to proactively redeploy the dominant discourses over femininit
