Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020)

Disordered Ego and Deficient Self-Awareness—A Freudian Interpretation on Tung Zhen-Bao in Eileen Chang’s Red Rose White Rose

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Cheng-Ping Ku
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Cheng-Ping Ku
Available Online 17 December 2020.
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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.422How to use a DOI?
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Eileen Chang, Sigmund Freud, Red Rose White Rose, Tung Zhen-Bao
Abstract

This paper aims to reveal a disordered selfness represented and reflected in the main character Tung Zhen-Bao in Eileen Chang’s Red Rose White Rose. Through a series of examinations and interpretations with Freudian human psyche theory—Id, ego and super-ego as well as the Freudian pleasure principle and reality principle, the character’s disordered ego and deficient in his self-awareness shall be revealed. This revelation shall be compared with the “spiritual victory” principle—a principle to hail himself as the ruler of his own world—of the main character Ah Q in Lu Xun’s The True Story of Ah Q. Through her satirical description, Eileen Chang created her main character Tung Zhen-Bao as a symbol of sarcasm to mock the “modern men” phenomenon of China during her time.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 December 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.201215.422
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201215.422How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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