The reliance of narratology and dynamic understanding of diasporic narrative of Chinese American fiction combine to make the dissertation a bit different from the previous study in this field.

• 意识形态研究通常直击华裔小说所指，将华裔小说作为华裔对抗霸权、抒发特有感性的场所，并不关心阅读过程中的意义生成过程。