1、TheFeminineConsciousnessinTheYellowWallpaperandTheStoryofanHour英语毕业设计(此文档为word格式，下载后您可任意编辑修改！)The Feminine Consciousness in The Yellow Wallpaper and The Story of an Hour ByWang LiSupervisor: Wang JingminA ThesisSubmitted in PartialFulfillment of the RequirementsFor the Bachelor Degree of Arts in the
2、College of Arts, Hebei University of EngineeringJune, 2015摘要凯特肖邦和夏洛特伯金斯吉尔曼是19世纪女性主义文学创作的先驱。本文以她们各自的代表作一个小时的故事和黄墙纸为例，分析作者的女性主义追求。在人物设计上，两篇小说的主人公同在父权制和婚姻的束缚下失去自由；在故事情节上，场景都设置在房间中，主人公于屋内不拘形迹，于屋外克己复礼；在写作手法上，两篇小说都别具匠心地综合运用反衬、烘托、象征等多种艺术手法。本文通过对作品的创作背景、主要内容、主题思想、表达技巧以及社会意义的综合分析，从女性主义思想与文学表达方式两个层面阐述了19世纪女性的
3、困境与自我救赎。关键词：女性意识；黄强纸；一个小时的故事 AbstractKate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the pioneers of feminist literature, both instilled the pursuit of feminism in their works. This thesis tends to discuss the masterpieces: The Story of an Hour and The Yellow Wallpaper. In the two short stories, both of t
4、he a room that the plots are arranged. Staying inside, the enjoy a world of their own; outside the room, sharp contrast to the traditional “Victorian” women. Besides, both of the writers unique ingenuity on writing techniques, such as contrast, decoration, and symbolism. This thesis is meant to stat
5、e the subordination and self-redemption of the females in the 19th century and expound the artistic techniques applied to illustrate the theme. Key Words: Feminism; The Yellow Wallpaper; The Story of an HourContentsIntroduction 1Chapter I The Background and Narrative Strategy of Feminist Literature
6、31.1 The Male Discourse and the Yoke of Matrimony 31.2 The Narrative Strategy of the Selected-pieces 4Chapter II The Dilemma of Heroine and the Relevant Artistic Expression 82.1 The Oppressed “Mrs. Mallard” and “the Madwoman” 82.2 The Artistic Expression Adopted in the Description of Oppression 11Ch
7、apter III The Resistance and Compromise to Patriarchy 163.1 The Awakening of the Self-consciousness of Heroines 163.2 The Cost of Self-awakening 173.3 The Social Meaning of Feminist Literary Creation 17Conclusion 19References 20Acknowledgements 21Introductionposition. Under the control of patriarchy
8、, American society could not endure the independence and liberty of women. “Woman question”, such as condition, matrimony and profession, measured by Chopin. In At Fault, that no one should submissively leave the fate to the exacting and ignorant rule of what Hour is classical feminist literary crea
9、tion. was born in Connecticut. Many a social reformer, who gained considerable fame in Gilmans Beecher family, inspired the short novel: she was within an inch of madness under the oppression. The work is written to satirize the patriarchy and matrimony.Actually, many scholars about the two masterpi
10、eces. However, most of them focus on the feminist thought. In this situation, this thesis tends to discuss the masterpieces from their common ground. The main content involves literary creation background, main content, theme, and writing techniques, so as to give readers a comprehensive view of fem
11、inism. In this term, the readers can further understand the two short stories from the relationship between the theme and its literary expression.The thesis consists of three chapters. All chapters and their content are progressive. Chapter One gives a short introduction to the creation background a
12、nd the narrative strategy of the masterpieces. The prevailing social value limits the narrative mode, but the authors ingeniously choose different narrative strategies to make the feminism prominent. Chapter Two comes to the dilemma of by analyzing the writing techniques. On one the other techniques
13、 makes the dilemma of . In Chapter Three, we conduct the womans self-redemption under unequal subordination and analyze the cost of self-awakening to the 19th century, the authority of the patriarchy dominates America and the traditional moral code of “True women” was recommended. The common central
14、 creed is to imprison the women to actas daughter, wife and mother, the roles designed by society. It is intangible chains of women. Feminism concentrates on the gender difference to explore the possible equivalence. With the advancement of feminism, the relevant literary creation emerges at the rig
15、ht moment. The feminism consciousness is reflected in two aspects: one is the literary criticism in the pure sense. The feminist trend is presented in the text content. The other is the literary creation itself. Female writing is regarded as a kind of subversive and resistant power.1.1 The Male Disc
16、ourse and the Yoke of MatrimonyThe cultural disfigurements such as the male discourse, gender stereotype and gender bias were prevailing in the 19th century. The dominant patriarchy culture is typical evidence. Patriarchy culture is a kind of tendering culture with the representative characteristic
17、of male chauvinism believing that men are superior to women. In the gender relations, males value is dominant; meanwhile, females are subordinative (Zhu Li 2011). This is a systematic, structured and inequitable institution where females are the accessories for males. With its and realistic conditio
18、n, patriarchy as a kind of mighty culture makes it difficult for women to realize the social value. Consequently, it contributes to the resistance of women.In marital relations, the wife is defined as a character that stays at , fame, not only these, but , ease and pleasure, Hu 27). The traditional
19、women leech on to men who in turn restrict the movement and actions of them. In the marriage bond, the social status of each is obviously unequal. Husband is the of male. To ensure smooth progress of work performance, the strong backup force is indispensible. It is taken for granted that the wife be
20、comes the victim of domestic affairs.To summarize, the traditional notion, as stumbling block on their self-saved way, brings women a great deal of sorrow. And women become the victims to be manipulated for pleasure and benefit. As an individual, she receives no respect from the society; as a wife,
21、she receives no equality in the marital relation; as a woman of independent mind, she receives no freedom to express finally contributes to the revolt of women. The feminist literary creation, under such social background, .1.2 The Narrative Strategy of the Selected-pieces The Story of an Hour and T
22、he Yellow Wallpaper are two representative short stories in America in which the feminist trend is vividly reflected. With special social condition, the feminist creation is under pressure from all sides. As a result, the proper narrative strategy is indispensable: male discourse is skillfully chall
23、enged by the reasonable choose of narrative person; with weak foundation, the expression of both is vague to some extent to avoid confrontation; the narration of plot is replaced by the description of surroundings and internal monologue to add information to the awakening of female consciousness. 1.
24、2.1 Ambiguous Expression and Insane NarrationAt the end of the nineteenth century, womans liberation movement was of small scale. Thewritersunder the oppression of male discourse of patriarchy in their works, so the ambiguous expression and insane narration are applied to convey the suffering of wom
25、en under male-domination.The self-awareness of the The Story of an Hour, from insensitivity to awakening and final evaporation, occurs in an two thousand words, but the tragedy of “Mrs. Mallard” is described fully. Without too much description about the oppression, the author just concentrates on th
26、e mental activities of “Mrs. Mallard”, but the suffocating and inequitable oppression is most incisively expressed. The ever-changing inward world shows us a series of life bits, full of imagination, thought and sub-consciousness. The author even describes the male character as a scrupulous and cons
27、iderate gentleman. However, pondering the description of the character, we can conclude that the praise is actually sarcasm. Furthermore, the narration about the shackles of marriage is ambiguous. “Free, free, free”, the repeating word becomes the most powerful denouncement. It is not only the call
28、of freedom but also the denouncement of marriage. From beginning to end, the author does not employ any details about the “powerful will”, but she skillfully provides enough imaginary space for readers. Between the lines, the ambiguous expression makes the resistance thrown on females disclosed clea
29、rly.“The nature of actual spiritual freedom itself can be understood and experienced only through a phenomenology of ones thinking” (Hu 14). In The Yellow Wallpaper, without discourse power, madness becomes a kind of undisguised resistance. Only then can “I” communicate with the fantastic character.
30、 In the downtrodden status, the passion for freedom and meaningful life is grafted on the fantastic character. Finally, the “angel in the ”.In a society that women are deprived of discourse power, no one will be fussy about what a madwoman says. Therefore, the state of madness mental confusion, madn
31、ess is direct rebellion to paternity oppression. Since the insane narrator say whatever she wants. From the process of struggling with the wallpaper, we conclude that the locked door and the arbitrary the well-knit wallpaper that “the madwoman” tries to breach. The woman behind the wallpaper is the
32、the mirror, an expression of Narration and the First Person Narration The literary criticism in the twentieth century is language-centered, so feminist literature, affected by this trend, connected gender with language to conduct research. To some degree, the authors it comes to the narrative angle, the incisive point-cut is employed to be a direct objection against the male authority. The third person narration consists of two aspects: in the terms of subjectivity, it involves emotion and thought, and for objectivity, the mental activity is incl
