Both Can Xue and Kafka construct their dimension of gender on the human nature. The goal of this dimension is to illustrate and clarify different aspects of human being. Bocause maternity is an aspect of human nature, the fearful side of maternity is a mirror of the profound fear in man himself. Kafka and Can Xue make unique re-presentations of this mirror in their individualized writings. The lack of ideal maternity in the two writers＇ novels is not only a deconstruction of false maternity in traditional literat...
