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本科毕业设计关于《飘》中女权主义

AnalysisofGonewiththewindfromthe

PerspectiveofFeminism

Abstract

MargaretMannerlyMitchell,anAmericanauthor,wonthePulitzerPrizein1937forhernovelGonewiththeWind.Itwastheonlybookshewroteinheralllife,MargaretMitchellwasborninAtlanta,whereshealwayshearaboutmanystoriesaboutthewarbetweenthenorthernandsouthernstatesinAmerican,thenwhenshewaswoundedinhome,shedeterminedtowriteabookaboutthewar.Thisnovelisoneofthemostpopularbooksofalltime.ThenovelGonewiththeWindwassetduringthetimesoftheCivilWarinAtlantic.Soonorlater,theAmericanCivilWarbrokeout.AshleyandCharlesjoinedthewar.Unfortunately,Charlesdiedinthewar.Scarlettbecameawidow,butshehasbeeninlovewithAshley.Inthefollowingarticle,firstly,ontheloveamongScarlettO’Hara,AshleyWilkesandRhettButlerwillbeintroducedbyanalyzingthecharacteristicofthethreeprincipals.Secondly,theloveofthefriendshipamongdifferentkindsofpersonwillbementioned.Thelastbutnottheleast,somethingabouttheloveoffamilymembersinthenovelofGonewiththewindwillbesaid.Finally,comparedwiththemodernsociety,whatthemethenovelrevelswillbesaid.

Keywords:

Love;Friendship;Familylove；Reality.

Introduction

AsthefirstnovelwhichdepictsAmericanCivilWarfromwomen’sperspective,Margaretfocusesonthesufferingfromthewarofthosewomenwhostayathomeandtheirdifficultjourneyofreconstruction.Literarycritics,onthebasisoftheirrespectiveknowledgeandunderstandinghavegivendifferentevaluationaboutthisnovel.MostoftheirresearcherconcentratesonthehistoricalbackgroundofAmericanCivilWar,theabolitionistthough,Scarlett’sparticularcharacterandtheculturaldiscrepancybetweentheNorthandtheSouth.ManycriticsquestiontheliteraryvalueandoutdatedracialissueofGonewiththeWind.Someconsiderthenovelsuperficialwhiletreateditonlyasimplelovestory.However,theauthorthinksthatthenovelismostvaluableifreadwithanunderstandingofthreehistoricalbackgrounds,ourown,Mitchell’s,andScarlett’s.Onthebaseofperspectiveoffeministic,thispaperwoundanalyzestheawakeningoffemaleself-consciousnessreflectedinthisnovelanditspositiveeffectonthecauseofwomenliberation.ThefirstpartofthispaperisageneralintroductiontothetheoreticalFoundationwhichmainlyaboutFeminism.Thenthefollowingchapterisanalysesofthebook,ChapterthreeisfeministanalysisofGonewiththeWindandofScarlet’scharacteristic.

2.TheIntroductiontoFeminism

Feminismisthebeliefthatwomenshouldbeallowedthesamerights,powerandopportunitiesasmenandbetreatedinthesameway,orthesetofactivitiesintendedtoachievethisstate.Hundredyearsago,women’ssocialstatuewasquitelow,womenwastreatedasappendagetomen,theyonlyhadrightsofliving,theirmanner,speakingandbehaviorwereregulatedbyaseriesofseriousrulesanddiscipline.Withtheeducationspreadingamongwomenandtheawakeningoffemaleself-consciousness,theycametorealizethattheyshoulddefendtheireconomic,politicalandotherrightsandpursueequaltreatmentlikemen.Thenthereappearfeminism.Feminismisaseriesofmovementsaimedatdefining,establishing,anddefendingequalpolitical,economic,andsocialrightsandequalopportunitiesforwomen.Feminismismainlyfocusedonwomen'sissues.

First-wavefeminismwasaseriesofactivitiesduringthenineteenthcenturyandearlytwentiethcentury.IntheU.K.andU.S.,itfocusedonpromotingequalcontract,marriage,parenting,andpropertyrightsforwomen.However,bytheendofthenineteenthcentury,activismfocusedmainlyongainingpoliticalpower,particularlytherightofwomen'svoting,thoughsomefeministswereactiveincampaigningforwomen'ssexualandeconomicrightsatthistime.

Second-wavefeminismisafeministmovementbeginningintheearly1960sandcontinuingtothe20thanditcoexistswiththird-wavefeminism.Secondwavefeminismislargelyconcernedwithissuesofequalitynotonlysuffrage,butthingslikeendingdiscrimination.Second-wavefeministstreatwomen'sculturalandpoliticalinequalitiesasitsmainpurposesthattobedealwith.Duringthisperiod,feministencouragewomentounderstandaspectsoftheirpersonallivesdeeplybymeansofpublicpromoting.ThefeministactivistandauthorCarolHamishcameupwiththesloganforthefirsttime"ThePersonalisPolitical",whichbecamesynonymouswiththesecondwave.

Third-wavefeminismisstartfrom1900tothepresent.Itaroseasaresponsetowardfailuresofthesecondwaveandalsoasaresponsetothemovementscreatedbythesecondwave.Third-wavefeminismoftencorrectthesecondwave’sideasandmovementsthatarenotgoodforfemales.It