《飘》中斯嘉丽女性意识的觉醒

《飘》中斯嘉丽女性意识的觉醒

摘要:玛格丽特·米切尔，美国作家，1937凭借《飘》获得普利策奖。这既是她一生中唯一也是最著名的作品。玛格丽特·米切尔出生于亚特兰大，在这儿她听说了许多有关美国南北方故事。当她因伤在家时，她决定写一部有关这场战争的作品。这是第一部以女性的角度描述有关美国内战的作品。玛格丽特将视角放在了因遭受战乱而困于家中的女性。纵观许多关于内战的作品，将重心放在了战争上。而不是关于战争的主角人，而作为人类组成重要的一部分，女性也罕为许多作品所重视。而这部作品，以女性的角度来观察内战。许多批评家认为这是仅仅只是一部爱情故事。然而，如果你带着对玛格丽特，对斯嘉丽，以及我们自己的一份思考，你会了解其背后的内涵。本文将会从女性主义的角度分析这部作品。第一部分是对作品的一个简单介绍，第二部分是对于女性主义的介绍，最后是关于作品中女性主义的具体分析。

关键词：内战；女性角度；女性主义

The awakening of female consciousness of Scarlett's character in

Gone with the Wind

Abstract

As the first novel which describe American Civil War from women’s perspective, Margaret focuses on the suffering from the war of those women who stay at home and their difficult journey of reconstruction. Literary critics, on the basis of their respective knowledge and understanding have given different evaluation about this novel. Most of their researcher concentrates on the historical background of American Civil War, the abolitionist though, Scarlett’s particular character and the cultural discrepancy between the North and the South. Many critics question the literary value and outdated racial issue of Gone with the Wind. Some consider the novel superficial while treated it only a simple love story. However, the author thinks that the novel is most valuable if read with an understanding of three historical backgrounds, our own, Mitchell’s, and Scarlett’s. On the base of perspective of feministic, this paper wound analyzes the awakening of female self-consciousness reflected in this novel and its positive effect on the cause of women liberation. The first part of this paper is a general introduction to the work. Then the following chapter is introduction of the female consciousness, Chapter three is feminist analysis of Gone with the Wind and of Scarlet’s characteristic.

Key words:Margaret; Scarlett; Civil War.

Acknowledgements

First of all, I want to express my great gratitude to my supervisor, Mr. Ge Youjin, both for her valuable advice and critical comments during the process of writing this essay. With patience and courage , he guided me this essay and discovered defects in my theorizing. Thought I know that the thesis might still contain some errors, for which I bear the whole responsibility.

My thanks also go to all the teachers in the Department of English, whose scholarship has impressed me during my college years.

I am also very grateful to my friends, who have given me useful help and courage when I am writing this essay.

Finally, I greatly appreciate my parents's support and endless love. My heart swells with gratitude to all the people who helped me.