THE OLD PATTERN AND THE CREATION OF THE NEW MASCULINE IDENTITY IN JULIE WU’S NOVEL
THE OLD PATTERN AND THE CREATION OF THE NEW MASCULINE IDENTITY IN JULIE WU’S NOVEL

Summary/Abstract: The Old Pattern and the Creation of the New Masculine Identity in Julie Wu’s Novel. This paper analyses the way in which Julie Wu transforms Saburo or Tong Chia-lin, the main character of her novel, into a true man. Unlike the great Chinese American author and critic Frank Chin, Julie Wu does not turn her character into a militant hero by developing his wu nature, but transforms him into a Taiwanese American scholar after developing his wen nature, through many years of studying and numerous sacrifices both in Taiwan and the United States of America.

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