Read the Female Characterization in the Legend of Tang Dynasty by comparing Li Wa and Huo Xiaoyu
Abstract
The Legend of Tang Dynasty has portrayed a group of women personages with rebellious spirit and distinctive peculiar personalities deserving eulogizing admiration .The article choose the typical female images, Li Wa and Huo Xiaoyu in the love works of the Legend of Tang Dynasty .It illuminates both the similarity and difference of the two persons’ personality and destiny by comparing images of them in addition to the reasons for the differences in the similarity. On the basic of comparison, the thesis grasps the portrayal of the distinct individuality in common character of women in the Legend of Tang Dynasty together with the circumstance of women in Tang Dynasty reflected by it.
Key words: the Legend of Tang Dynasty; female images; Li Wa; Huo Xiaoyu; characterization
