Chronology Entry
Year
1956
Text
Gu, Shouchang. Wei da de xi ju jia Xiao Bona : ji nian Xiao Bona dan shen yi bai zhou nian. In : Zuo pin ; vol. 18 (Sept. 1956). [Great dramatist Bernard Shaw].
Wendi Chen : Gu analysis of Mrs. Warren's profession pointed out that Shaw made a serious mistake in depicting Mrs. Warren as both a working-class woman and a capitalist, thus confusing the antagonistic relationship between workers and capitalists, and denying the legitimacy of class struggle. Vivie's relationship with her mother was also viewed by Gu in terms of class. Her ambivalent attitude toward her mother was understood in terms of Mrs. Warren's dual class identity – the exploited and the exploiter. According to Gu, Vivie sympathizes with the mother, who comes from a poor family background but hates the mother who is an exploiter of other women. Unable to resolve the conflict, she withdraws helplessly into her own world, pitting herself against society. Like other Maoist critics, Gu found the ending of the play unsatisfactory because it did not offer a solution.
Wendi Chen : Gu analysis of Mrs. Warren's profession pointed out that Shaw made a serious mistake in depicting Mrs. Warren as both a working-class woman and a capitalist, thus confusing the antagonistic relationship between workers and capitalists, and denying the legitimacy of class struggle. Vivie's relationship with her mother was also viewed by Gu in terms of class. Her ambivalent attitude toward her mother was understood in terms of Mrs. Warren's dual class identity – the exploited and the exploiter. According to Gu, Vivie sympathizes with the mother, who comes from a poor family background but hates the mother who is an exploiter of other women. Unable to resolve the conflict, she withdraws helplessly into her own world, pitting herself against society. Like other Maoist critics, Gu found the ending of the play unsatisfactory because it did not offer a solution.
Mentioned People (2)
Gu, Shouchang
(um 1956)
Shaw, George Bernard
(Dublin 1856-1950 Ayot Saint Lawrence, Hertford) : Dramatiker, Schriftsteller ; Literatur-Nobelpreisträger 1925
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Ireland
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 2003 | Chen, Wendi. A Fabian socialist in socialist China. In : Shaw : the annual of Bernard Shaw studies ; vol. 23 (2003). [Betr. George Bernard Shaw]. | Publication / Shaw8 |
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