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荆棘鸟论文

郑州华信学院毕业论文

题目：

FemaleConsciousnessinTheThornBird

指导教师：

职称：

讲师

学生姓名：

学号：

专业：

旅游英语

院（系）：

外语系

答辩日期：

2013年4月24日

2013年4日13日

编号

郑州华信学院

2013届毕业论文

题目

FemaleConsciousnessin

TheThornBird

学生姓名

学号

系部

外语系

专业

旅游英语

班级

旅游英语班

指导教师

孙丽娟

二零一三年四月

Acknowledgement

Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoallthosewhohelpedmeduringthewritingofthisthesis.

Firstandforemost,Iwouldliketoshowmydeepestgratitudetomysupervisor,SunLijuan,arespectable,responsibleandresourcefulteacher,whohasprovidedmewithvaluableguidanceineverystageofthewritingofthisthesis.Withoutherenlighteninginstruction,impressivekindnessandpatience,Icouldnothavecompletedmythesis.Herkeenandvigorousacademicobservationenlightensmenotonlyinthisthesisbutalsoinmyfuturestudy.Ishallextendmythankstomysupervisorforallherkindnessandhelp.Iwouldalsoliketothankallmyteacherswhohavehelpedme.

MysincerethanksshouldalsogotoallmyteachersfortheirscholarlyadviceandgeneroushelpduringmystudyinForeignLanguageDepartment.AnyprogressthatIhavemadeistheresultoftheirprofoundconcernandselflessdevotion.

Lastmythankswouldgotomybelovedfamilyfortheirlovingconsiderationsandgreatconfidenceinmeallthroughtheseyears.Ialsoowemysinceregratitudetomyfriendsandmyfellowclassmateswhogavemetheirhelpandtimeinlisteningtomeandhelpingmeworkoutmyproblemsduringthedifficultcourseofthethesis.

摘要

考琳·麦卡罗是当代澳大利亚一位多才多艺的女作家。

她著名的家世小说《荆棘鸟》在1977年问世后，引起了极大的轰动。

本文以女性研究为基础，首先阐述了女性意识的基本涵义。

接着作者力图从社会背景与时代女性的关系这个层面上研究探索该书三代女性的女性意识。

最后，作者阐明了女性意识的社会意义，指出女性意识的内容并非是固定的，它是不断变化发展的，是时代发展的一面镜子。

关键词：

女性意识；荆棘鸟；考琳•麦卡洛

Abstract

ColleenMcCulloughisaversatilecontemporaryAustraliawomanwriter.HerfamousfamilysagaTheThornBirdcausedtremendoussensationafterpublicationin1977.Onthebasisofwomen´sstudies.Thisthesisfirstelaboratesthebasicconnotationsofthefemaleconsciousness.Andthenstudiesandinvestigatesthefemalesofthreegenerationsfromalevelrelatedtosocialbackgroundandfemaleconsciousnessofthattime.Intheend,theauthorclarifiesthesocialsignificanceofthefemaleconsciousnesspointingoutthatthecontentsoffemaleconsciousnessarenotirrevocableandthattheychangeanddevelopcontinuouslyasadevelopingmirrorofthetimes.

Keywords:

femaleconsciousness;TheThornBirds;ColleenMcCullough

Contents

1.TheBackgroundofColleenMcCulloughandherTheThornBird

1.1ThebackgroundofColleenMcCullough

MsColleenMcCulloughisafamouswriterwhodidaverygoodjobonpsychologicalcreation.Asafemalewriter,sheknowsthefeelingsandthepsychologyactivitiesofwomenverywell.Fromthelate1960stothe1980s,therewasavibrantwomen’smovementinthewesterncountries.Themovementbroughtaboutmajorchangesinmostwomen’slivesaswellasineverydaylifeintheUnitedStatesinwhichtheauthorofthebook,ColleenMcCullough,haslivedforquitealongtime.Feministideasarepartoftheintellectualclimate.Influencedbyherlivingbackgroundandtheideologicalrevolutionofhertime,ColleenMcCulloughnurturesherfeministconsciousness.Shesuggeststhataharshsuppressionusuallybringsoutastrongflameofrebel.HerfeministoutlookfindsfullexpressionintherebelliousthoughtsandactionsofthefemalecharactersinTheThornBird,eachpossessingastrongerrebelliousspiritagainstthepatriarchalsociety.Furthermore,thelivesandattitudesofthefemalecharactersofthethreegenerationsinthebookrepresentthreedifferentstagesofthefeministmovement.Therefore,whileportrayingherprotagonists,theauthorhintsattheevolutionofwomen’spsycheinthestreamoffeministmovement.

1.2.ThebackgroundofTheThornBird

TheThornBird,withitsintricateplot,vividcharacterdepictionandthoughtfultheme,claimstobeafascinatingnovel.Sinceitspublication,ithassetrecordsforsalesandpopularity.Publishedin1977,overahalfmillionhardbackcopiesofthebookhadbeensoldin1979.Afteritwastranslatedintoseveralotherlanguages,itgainedevenmorewidespreadpopularity,particularlyamongfemalereaders,andwascrownedas“theAustralianAnswertoGonewiththeWind”byTheGuardian.Thenovelwonitsoverwhelmingpopularitynotonlybecauseofitsfinestyleofwriting,butalsoitsthought-provokingthemeandambiguousconnotations,whichhavebeeninterpretedfromdifferentperspectives.

Anexaminationofthecontentofthisbook,therefore,ishighlylikelytorevealtheconnotationhiddeninthenovelwhichtriggersthefemalereaders’commonfeelings.Studiesaboutthisbookinthepastmainlyconcernedwithacomparativestudy,withanemphasisonitstheme.Mostthesesrelatedtothisnovelexplorethereligiousbackground,theconflictsbetweenhumannatureandsuperhumanstrength,theloveandfate,andinmostcases,anappreciationofthefinequalitiesofthecharacters.ThenovelisfrequentlycomparedwiththeScarletLetterandNotreDomedeParisintermsofreligionaswellaswithTheHistoryofSoulintermsofbeliefandfate.However,malechauvinismrootedinfemalecharacters’mindsthroughmentalevolutionofthreefemalecharacters,whichleadstotheiraffliction,hasseldombeenexploredinthisnovel.

2.CorrectUnderstandingofFemaleConsciousness

Onfemaleconsciousness,weneedtoclarifytwoviews:

First,femaleconsciousnessisnotasexualantithesisbetweenmenandwomen,ornotthedenialofthefemaleindividualdifferenceinsociety.Second，itisalsonotatrendthatabsolutelyobjectstopatriarchyculture,inordertoacquirewithsimilarposition,righttothemale，andtoshowoffitsownconsciousness.FemaleConsciousness，self-evidentasitis,isaconsciousnesscomparedtomale’s,underthepremiseoffemale’sindependentconsciousness,withitsself-examinationforfoundationtoinvestigatethemale-centeredmainstreamculture,thereforerealizesthefemale-orientedmarginalculture,Aperfectfemaleconsciousnessshouldbeaunitycombinedgenderconsciousnesswithwhatwecallahumanbeingsconsciousness,isakindoffemalecultureinwhichthefemale’shumannaturecandevelopfullyandhealthily.

Beinghalfofsocialmembers,thefemaleshouldn’tnegativelyadaptthemselvestothesurroundingsandsociety,orcompromiseandsacrificethemselvesforthemale,theyshouldlearntokeeptheirowndignityandrights,thereforemastertheirownlife.Facingvariouschallengesinlifeandsociety,theyshouldlearntocopewiththemindependently,sayingfarewelltotheweaknessinemotion,helplessnessinmentalstate,andclearingupvariousfettersthatsuppressthem.Bothofthefemaleandmaleneedtogetalonginharmonyandtorespecteachothermutually,givingenoughspacetotheotherparty,ratherthansacrificingtheotherpartyasthepremisefortheirowndevelopment.

3.TheLegendofTheThornBird

Thereisalegendaboutabird,whichsingsjustonceinitslife,moresweetlythananyothercreatureontheearth.“Fromthemomentitleavesthenestitsearchesforathorntree,anddoesnotrestuntilithasfoundone.Thensingingamongthesavagebranches,itimpalesitselfuponthelongest,sharpestspine.And,dying,itrisesaboveitsownagonytoout-carolthelarkandthenightingale.Onesuperlativesong,existencetheprice.ButthewholeworldstillstolistenandGodinHisheavensmiles.Forthebestisonlyboughtatthecostofgreatpain….“

4.TheReflectionofFemaleConsciousnessinTheThornBird

Inthepreviouspart,theauthorhasmainlyexploredsomerelatedtermstothemotif,femaleconsciousness,aswellassourcesofitsemerging.Wecanseethat,one’sgenderconsciousnessandthegenderbehavioraren’tshapedfromone’sbirth,butgraduallyforgedinsocialculturalenvironment.Women’sdestinyisnotdominatedbythephysiologicalfactors;thegenderroleinthefollowingpart,theauthorwillelaborateinavarietyofexamplesreflectedinMcCullough’sTheThornBird.Seenfromthemaincharactersofthethreedifferentgenerations,wecouldseethatthefemaleimagesmostlyhaddeviatedfromthetraditionalmoralstandardsandcustoms.Theynotonlyresistedthepositionstipulatedtothetraditionalwomeninspirit,and,theirbraveryandpursuittolovealsoexceededtheindividualitysuppressedbythedestiny.Thethreefemalecharactershadsurpassedthefemaleimageworshipedbytraditionalpatriarchyculture,re-definedthecontentsoffemalegenderroles,andfullyembodiedacoursefromlosingoneself,lookingforoneself,todiscoveringoneself.McCulloughposessuchquestionsasfemale’srestrictionsbythemarriageandfamily,theirfettersbythetraditionalideasandthemoralconcepts,theirtiesbytheconductsandactionsaswellastheircourageoutoftheimmigrantnation,thereforepresentsavividpictureofthefemaleconsciousnessinthemodernworld.

4.1.Thegistofthestory

TheThornBirdtellsthestoryoftheClearyfamilyinthreegenerationsfrom1915to1969.Maggieisthecentralcharacter,andthestoryopensinNewZealandwiththewholefamily’sstruggletosurviveonthefarm.Hermother,Fee,isoverworkedandignoresher,andherfatherPaddyisalwaysbusilyworkingforsupportingthefamily.Thebrothersworkhardonthefarmtomakealiving.ThenthewholefamilygetsanewchancetomovetoDrogheda,alargefarminNewSouthWalesinAustraliawherethefatherPaddy’ssisterMarylives.Mary,whoistherichestpersoninthatarea,hiresthemtotakecareofherestate.Ralph,themainmalecharacterofthestory,ahandsome,ambitiousprieststuckintheo