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毕业论文

（2014届本科）

论文题目：

埃德娜觉醒历程分析

——评《觉醒》

学院：

外国语学院

专业：

英语

班级：

2012级

作者姓名：

毛金兰

指导教师：

贺跟旺职称：

副教授

完成日期：

2014年5月10日

Edna’sawakening

-----AbriefanalysisoftheAwakening

by

MaoJinlan

Class2,Grade2009

（No.2009091222）

Supervisor:

HeGenwang

（AssociateProfessor）

April20,2013

SchoolofForeignLanguagesandLiterature

University

毕业论文（设计）诚信声明

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所呈交的本科毕业论文（设计），是本人在指导老师贺跟旺的指导下，独立进行研究工作所取得的成果，成果不存在知识产权争议，除文中已经注明引用的内容外，本论文不含任何其他个人或集体已经发表或撰写过的作品成果。

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作者签名：

二O一四年五月十日

StatementofAuthorship

Exceptwherereferenceismadeinthetextofthethesis,thisthesiscontainsnomaterialpublishedelsewhereorextractedinwholeorpartfromathesispresentedbymeforanotherdegreeordiploma.

Nootherperson’sworkhasbeenusedwithoutdueacknowledgementinthemaintextofthethesis.

Thisthesishasnotbeensubmittedfortheawardofanyotherdegreeordiplomainmytertiaryinstitution.

Signed:

MaoJinlan

Dated:

May10,2014

Acknowledgement

Firstandforemost,IwouldliketoavailmyselfoftheopportunitytoexpressmygratitudetoassociateprofessorHeGenwang,mytutor,whohastakenherprecioustimeofffromhertightschedule,readingmythesiscarefullyandofferingmeconstantencouragement,valuablesuggestionsandenlighteninginstructions,whichcontributetothecompletionofmythesis.

IwouldalsoliketoacknowledgemyindebtednesstomyroommateWangXiaoxuandmanyotherswhohavecontributedtheirtime,thoughts,skillsandencouragementtothisthesis.

IamalsogratefultoMaFang,LiuYingandallmyfriendswhohavegivenmegeneroussupportandhelpfuladviceinthepastfewyears

Finally,Iwishtodevotethispapertomybelovedfamily,whohavegivenmelifeandlove,andhavebeensupportingmesince24yearsago.

摘要

小说《觉醒》是美国女作家凯特肖邦的代表作，出版于1899年。

十九世纪下半叶，社会在许多方面有了突飞猛进的发展，然而女性仍然被看作是男人的财产和附属品。

凯特肖邦在创作过程中紧紧围绕这一主题，在小说中深入细致地刻画了女性的社会地位，婚姻生活以及自我追求。

本文旨在通过运用女性主义理论研究小说《觉醒》的女主角打破传统父权社会的束缚，追求女性身份认同及独立的觉醒之旅。

女性主义者认为遭受不公平的原因是她们的性别。

社会需要进行积极的变化来改变女性所面临的情况。

而最直接有效的方法就是改变自己的处境。

小说女主公埃德娜采取行动，经历了一个逐步觉醒的过程并最终获得精神上的独立。

本文从三个方面详细分析了埃德娜的觉醒历程。

埃德娜是一位真正的女性主义者先驱。

作为一位新女性，埃德娜愿意以任何代价去换取心中的梦想，投入大海的怀抱不是对社会的妥协，也不是争取女性权利的失败。

相反，这是一种解脱与重生。

关键词：

女性主义;重生;觉醒;精神;独立;性

Abstract

TheAwakening,publishedin1899,isthemasterpieceoftheAmericanfemalewriterKateChopin.Inthesecondhalfofthenineteenthcentury,societymadegreateconomicandscientificprocessinmanyaspects,butwomenwerestillconsideredtobethepossessionofmen.KateChopinfocusesonthismotifinherworksandportraysfemale'ssocialstatus,matrimoniallife,andautonomyinaprofoundmanner.

ByanalyzingKateChopin’sTheAwakening,thepaperintendstostudytheprotagonist’scampaignagainstthefettersofconventionalpatriarchalsocietyandherjourneyofpursuingself-hoodandindependencebyadoptingthetheoryoffeminism,whichisbasedonthebeliefthatwomensufferinjusticebecauseoftheirsex.Underthisbroadumbrellavariousfeminismsofferdeferringanalysesofthecausesoragents,offemaleoppression.Achangeinsocietyisneededinordertomakeapositivereformforwomen.Buthowisthischangetobebroughtabout?

Theobviousansweristoconvinceindividualwomentochangetheirsituation.Edna,theprotagonistinTheAwakening,makessuchastrugglethroughagradualawakeningprocessoftakingactionstogainspiritualindependence.

ThispapercarriesonadetailedanalysisoftheprocessofEdna’sawakeninginthreeaspects.Shethusbecomesdefinitelyafrontierfeminist.Herdeathcannotsimplyberegardedasacompromisewiththeconventionalrules;rather,itisabeginningandrebirthofanewlife.

Keywords:

feminism;rebirth;awakening;spirit;independent;sex

Contents

诚信声明…….……….…………………………………………………………………………iStatementofAuthorship……………………………………………………………………ii

Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………iii

摘要………….….………….……………………….…………………………………………iv

Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………v

1.Introduction………………………………………………………………………………1

2.Edna’sAwakeningjourney……………………………………………………………….1

2.1AwakeningofFeminismConsciousness………………………………………………1

2.2AwakeningofLove…………………………………………………………………...…3

2.3AwakeningofSexualConsciousness…………………………………………...……….5

3.Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………….7

4.References…………………………………………………………………………………8

Edna’sAwakening

----ABriefAnalysisoftheAwakening

MaoJinlan

SchoolofForeignLanguagesandLiterature,LongdongUniversity

1.Introduction

KateChopin（1805-1904）,Americanfemalewriter,wasregardedasatalentedlocalcolorwriterforhertwofavorablecollectionsofshortstories:

Folk（1894）andANightinAcadie（1897）.However,hersecondnovel,TheAwakening,provokedafloodofcontroversyafteritsfirstpublicationin1899.Becausethebook,concernedwithtouchysubjectssuchasextramaritalaffairs,desertinghome,leavingchildren,andthelike,calledintoquestioningthevaluesandattitudestowardswomenintheentiresociety.Before1945,theonlyspecialresearchonChopin’sworksisDanielRankin’sChopinandherCreolestory（1932）.In1962,EdmundWilson,inhisanalysisofAmericanCivilWarliterature,calledtheAwakeningbeautifulwrittenwithathemethat“anticipatesD.H.Lawrence”（Wilson,1962:

590）.TheAwakeningwasalsomentionedinpopularmagazinesduringthatperiodoftime.During1980sand1990s,scholarsbegantousecontemporaryapproachestointerpretthenovel.Forexample,ShowalteranalyzesAmericanwomen’swritingsincludingChopin’sviaafeministperspective.In2005,PatriciaL.Bradley（2005）exploresanintersexualconnectionbetweenTheBirthofTragedywrittenbyNietzscheandTheAwakening,addingpost-structuralismtothevariousinterpretiveapproachestothenovel.InChina,therearealsosomestudiesonKateChopinandherworkssince1990s.Forexample,JinLiandQinYaqing,intheirarticlesinAmericanLiterature（1999）,introducethelifeofKateChopinasafemalewriterandanalyzethefemaleimagesunderherpenasrepressed,awakened,rebelliousones.Thispaperexplorestheprotagonist--Edna’sawakeningfromfeminismconsciousness,loveandsexualconsciousness.

2.Edna’sAwakeningJourney

2.1AwakeningofFeminismConsciousness

Feminismincorporatesbothadoctrineofequalrightsforwomenandanideologyofsocialtransformationaimingtocreateaworldforwomenbeyondsimplesocialequality.（GongYubo,kongQinghua,2010:

40）“Imyselfhaveneverbeenabletofindoutpreciselywhatfeminismis,”BritishauthorandcriticRebeccaWestremarks,“IonlyknowthatotherpeoplecallmeafeministwheneverIexpresssentimentsthatdifferentiatemefromadoormatorprostitute”（West,1982:

219）.Indeed,feminismisoftendefinedasamatterofwhatisabsentratherthanwhatispresent.Initsdiversityfeminismisconcernedwiththemarginalizationofallwomen:

thatis,withtheirbeingrelegatedtoasecondaryposition.Itistheorythatmenandwomenshouldbeequalpolitically,economicallyandsocially.

InTheAwakeningChopindepictsherprotagonist,Edna,atwenty-eightyear-oldmarriedwomanwithtwochildreninthemiddle-classCreolefamily,inasituationwhereshefindsherselftrappedandstifledinthelifeofawifeandmother.TheprocessofEdna’sgradualawakeningtoheridentityandherownpositionasawomanintheworldisthechiefcauseofallhersuffering.ThedifficultiesthatEdnaencountersintermsoffamilyareprimarilyrootedinhermarriage:

thatis,herinteractionwithherhusbandandherrelationshipwithherchildren.Ednagraduallyrealizesthathermarriageisamistake;shehasmarriedamanshedoesnotlove.WhenEdnahaschildren,shefailstobeagoodmother.Thus,Ednasuffersfrombeinginanunwantedmarriageandfrombeingadistantmother:

shedesiresfreedomfromfamilyobligationstosearchforself-autonomy.

RefusingtobeanobjectexistingtobenefitPontellier,Ednachoosestoleaveherhusband’smansion.Ednaexclaims,“Thehouse,themoneythatprovidesforit,arenotmine”（Chopin,1988:

107）.Ednaistired,frustratedbybeingtreatedasalesserbeing,unabletodoanythingoutofherownautonomy.Sheisthusdeterminedtomoveintoanapartmentforlease,whichshecallsapigeon-house.Movingintothepigeonhouse,aspacebelongingtoEdnaalone,isnotonlyanactionbreakingthesocialruleofamarriedwomanatthetime,butalsoacrucialstepthatEdnatakescourageously,followingherinstinctsinanindividualisticway.ItiswithinthelittlepigeonhousethatEdna,forthefirsttime,feelsthe“intimatecharacterofahome”.Onlyinthepigeonhousecanshereleaseallhersocialresponsibilitytemporarily.ForEdna,“therewaswithherafeelingofhavingdescendedinsocialscale,withacorrespondingsenseofhavingriseninthespiritual”（Chopin,1988:

127）.Movingintoherownhouse,Ednagainsspiritualawakeningwhileputtingoffhersocialobligationssuchasbeingamotherandawife.ThepigeonhouseassistsEdnainraisingherownsenseofspiritualityandindividuality.Inherownspace,freeofsocialrestrictions,Ednaisherownself.Shebeginstoreally“lookwithherowneyes;toseeandapprehendthedeeperundercurrentsoflife”（Chopin,1988:

127）.

Asawakeningfromthepatriarchaloppressionandregainingherrightgradually,Ednaalsotakesactionstogainherfinancialindependenceatthesametime.ThefamousBritainwomanwriterVirginiaWoolfindicatesinARoomofOne’sOwnthatawomanmusthavemoneyandaroomofherownandthenshecanfreeherselffromdependenceonthemanandmeditatewithoutdisturbance（Woolf,2008:

2）.ItseemsthattheprocessofEdna’