%0 Journal Article
%T Homesickness Metaphor under Family-Nation Isomorphism: A Literary Analysis of&nbsp;Lu Xun¡¯s <em>My Old Home</em>
%A Chengjie Wang
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 12
%N 3
%P 1-7
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2025
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1113052
%X ¡°Family-nation isomorphism¡±, as a fundamental governance paradigm in traditional Chinese society, profoundly influences spatial narrative strategies in literary creation [1]. Taking the metaphorical system in Lu Xun¡¯s <em>My Old Home</em> as the research object, this paper discovers through close textual reading that the novel constructs a ¡°town-countryside-exile¡± tripartite spatial structure, projecting the decline of individual families onto the modern predicament of the nationstate. The study reveals that Lu Xun accomplishes a dual deconstruction through the ¡°homecoming¡± perspective: first, dismantling the idealized rural utopia through the protagonist¡¯s disillusioning homecoming; second, exposing contradictions within enlightenment modernity through failed interclass communication. This narrative strategy, with ¡°family-nation isomorphism¡± as its surface and ¡°critique of national character¡± as its core, marks the groundbreaking reconstruction of traditional family-nation narrative paradigms in May Fourth New Literature.
%K My Old Home
%K Family-Nation Isomorphism
%K Critique of National Character
%K Metaphor
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6852669