Feminism in The Awakening女权主义在《觉醒》中的体现.docx

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FeminisminTheAwakening女权主义在《觉醒》中的体现

FeminisminTheAwakening

女权主义在《觉醒》中的体现

Contents

Abstract1

Keywords1

IIntroduction2

IILiteratureReview3

1ThediversityofcriticismonTheAwakening3

2FeministcriticismonTheAwakening5

IIIFeministCriticalTheories6

IVKateChopinsBackgroundandPoliticalBackground8

VAnalysisoftheProtagonistandtheSymbolsinTheAwakening9

1AnalysisofthemaincharacterEdna9

2AnalysisofthesymbolsinTheAwakening10

1Birds10

2Thesea11

3Clothes11

VIConclusion11

References12

FeminisminTheAwakening

AbstractKateChopinsTheAwakeningisamostimportantpieceoffictionaboutAmericanwomanItenlightensthefeministmovementdaringlyreflectsthethemeofsexandexpressestheawakeningofwomenssexualconsciousnessandself-consciousnessandtheirseekingforindependenthumandignityHoweverwhenfirstpublishedin1899itmetwithwidespreadhostilecriticismbecauseofitsthemeNotonlythebookwasremovedfromthelibraryshelvesinStLouisbutalsoChopinherselfwasrejectedmembershipintheStLouisFineArtClubFortunatelyitreturnedtothespotlightbecauseoftheresearchworkcarriedoutbytwoEuropeanscholarssomeyearslaterAfterthatpeoplebegantostudythenovelfrombrandnewanglereaffirmeditssignificantexplorationconcerningproblemsofmarriagesexandreestablishedKateChopinsstatusinthehistoryofAmericanLiteratureTheresearchisdevotedtoexploringthefeminismimpliedinTheAwakeningfollowingsomefeministcriticaltheoriesandthebackgroundofTheAwakeningandthebackgroundofKateChopinSomeideasoffeministcriticsareusedtoreinterpretthenovelThentheimportanceofthesymbolsinthenovelwillbeanalyzedtohelpChopinexpressthethemeoffeminismFinallytheauthorgetstheconclusionthatTheAwakeningisafamouspieceoffictionaboutthethemeoffeminism

KeywordsFeminismSymbolFeministLiteraryCriticismTheAwakening

摘要凯特肖班的《觉醒》是一部讲述关于美国妇女生活的小说该小说大胆的反映了女性性意识以及自我意识的觉醒和对独立的人格尊严的追求这一主题对女权主义运动有很大的启迪作用由于主题过于敏感导致小说以及肖班本人在很长一段时间内遭受到相当大的打击多年之后在两位欧洲学者的研究的推动下小说与作者又重见天日人们用新的视角来研读小说肯定了它在探究女性在婚姻以及性等问题上的贡献重新确立了肖班在美国文学史中的地位本文致力于对隐含在小说中的女权主义的研究通过对女性主义批评理论以及对时代背景的介绍运用女权评论家的观点重新解读该书通过对人物形象以及象征手法的分析来阐述肖班想要参阐述的女权主义主题最后得出结论该小说是一部重要的涉及女权主义主题的经典之作

关键词女权主义象征女权主义批评《觉醒》

IIntroduction

KateChopinhasbeenconsideredtobeagreatAmericanfemalewriterandherreputationasmajorAmericanwriterhasbeenontheincreaseeversincethefeministmovementinwhattimehersTheAwakeninghasbeenrediscoveredThenovelwithitsbalancestructurepoeticlanguagesuperuseofsymbolsespeciallyitsbarelyconnotationhasarousedinterestsofonegenerationafteranother

ThecriticalfocusonTheAwakeninghasbeenshiftingconstantlyCriticsinterpretthenovelfromdifferentangelsandcometodifferentconclusionsTheaimofthisthesisistoreinterpretthenovelfromfeministcriticalperspectivesDuetothedevelopmentoffeministmovementfeministcriticismhasgraduallybecomeoneofthemainstreamsinthecriticalworldIttakesanelectriccriticalstanceandabsorbsvarioustheoriestoserveitsowncriticalpurposeAttheearlystagefeministcriticsfocusontheinterpretationofmaleauthoredtextAfteranalyzingstereotypesofwomenintheworkstheyfindthatwesternculturehasstrongmisogynistictendenciesThemaintaskoffeministcriticsistouncoverthesemisogynyassumptionswhicharewidelypervasiveinmalewritersworksandhelpreaderstoendthesubordinationofwomenThenfeministcriticsreturntofemalewriterstostudytheirforgottenworksTherecoveryofarichtraditionoffemalewritershelpsreaderstounderstandhowearlierfemaleauthorsarevictimizedbypatriarchalsocietyInordertoestablishtheirowncanonandtoexpresswomensexperiencesfeministcriticsencouragewomenthemselvestocreatetheirownliteratureintheirownlanguagetosubverttheman-dominatedcultureFurthermorefeministspointoutthatthewholeofideologysetsupbinaryoppositionsThesebinariesleadtoahierarchyInotherwordsoneofthebinarytermsachievessuperiorstatusinthecultureandtheothertermisviewedastheinferiorpoleSofeministsshoulddeconstructthebinaryoppositionstorecuperatewomensidentityRecentlyfeministcriticismfocusesitsattentionondevelopingitsowntheoreticalsystemtoreinterprettheclassicworksInthisthesisthewriteristomakeuseofsomefeministcriticaltheoriesmethodologyandsomeconclusionsthecriticismhasarrivedattoexploreKateChopinsfeministconsciousnessimpliedinTheAwakening

FeministideasarepartoftheintellectualclimateinwhichKateChopinlivedInfluencedbyherlivingbackgroundandtheideologicalrevolutionofhertimeChopinnurturesherfeministconsciousnessItisherfeministconsciousnessthatcontributestothecreationofEdnaasafeministprecursorThroughd