Joan Didion(1934一)is an outstandingwomanwriter whohas securedadistinctive positionin contemporaryAmericanliterature.Her secondnovel mayIt As It Lays is the best—seller right after itspublicationin1970andwins great reputationfromtheliterarycircle.
I n thi s novel ,themati c,structural ,psychoanal yti cal and cul tural aspects have been di scussed byscholarsbothat homeandabroadindetail.However,uptonow,aboutthis novel,few peopledotheanalysisonmale’Soppressionandfemaleresistanceofthepatriarchal society s y s t e ma t i c a l l y a n d d e e p l y , a n d e v e n f e w e r p e o p l e p o i n t o u t t h e f i n a l w a y t o w a r d s p a t r i a r c h y to gender harmony.Thus,based on the framework of Helene Cixous’patriarchal binary theory,thisthesis
I n thi s novel ,themati c,structural ,psychoanal yti cal and cul tural aspects have been di scussed byscholarsbothat homeandabroadindetail.However,uptonow,aboutthis novel,few peopledotheanalysisonmale’Soppressionandfemaleresistanceofthepatriarchal society s y s t e ma t i c a l l y a n d d e e p l y , a n d e v e n f e w e r p e o p l e p o i n t o u t t h e f i n a l w a y t o w a r d s p a t r i a r c h y to gender harmony.Thus,based on the framework of Helene Cixous’patriarchal binary theory,thisthesis