The Relationship Between the “Food” and the “Sexuality” In Eileen Chang’s Fictions

DOI: 10.5176/2382-5650_CCS17.34

Authors: Dr. Mei Zhen

Abstract:

Both appetite and sexual desire are the most primitive and basic natural instincts of man as the animal. In Eileen Chang's prose, she often talks about her views on the various western and Chinese cuisines. In the novel, Eileen Chang not only describes the appetite of the characters, but also cleverly combines appetite and sexual desire, suggested that the love between men and women, sexual relations from the plot in the diet, eating patterns , diet custom, food color, smell, taste and so on of narratives. The characters described in the novel are sometimes metaphorical to the attitude of eating and the way of dealing with love. The interaction in the plot of the normal diet reflects the relationship between men and women; The description of food in the novel is sometimes a metaphor for the situation and psychology in the relationship between men and women.Description of diet is also including the taste, smell, various senses such as vision, touch, and certain types of food in the special situation has a symbolic significance.Using"diet" the to write"men and women" is one of the important skills of Eileen Chang by which the novels to show character, psychological activity, roles' the relationship and story connotation.

Keywords: -Food; Appetite; Sexual Desire; Metaphor