女性主义论文

Title: An Analysis of A Tale of Two Cities from Feminism Perspective

摘要：本文主要采用Mary Wollstonecraft的女性主义研究方法分析查尔斯狄更斯的名著《双城记》。在《双城记》中，女性在父权制社会中一直处于被歧视被边缘化的位置，在欧洲大陆只能被认为是“屋里的天使”，而不能参与男性从事的政治，教育等工作。并且，男性可以随意发声，而女性则处于沉默状态，正如她们在现实生活中的状态一样。法国大革命爆发之后，人们开始追求自由与平等的权利关系，也为女权运动提供了契机。

关键词：《双城记》；女性主义；边缘化；平等

Abstract：This paper will further explore Charles Dickens’ masterpiece A Tale of Two Cities from Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminism perspective. In the book A Tale of Two Cities, women are always in the subordinate and marginalized position in the patriarchal society, and they are also deemed as the “angel in the house“ in European continent, so that they can not go out and participate the areas like politics or education. Moreover, men are in the dominate position, while women are mostly silent, which reflects their social status at that time. After French Revolution, people began to fight for the freedom and equal power relations, which has also provided fabulous opportunities for feminism movement.

Key Words: A Tale of Two Cities; Feminism; Marginalization; Equality.

Table of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………摘要…………………………………………………………………………………. Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………..

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

2. Literature Review…………………………………………………………………

3. The Dominant Position of Men…………………………………………………

3.1 The Kind Image of Manette………………………………………………

3.2 The Loyalty of Charles Darnay…………………………………………..

3.3 The Talented im age of Sydney Carton……………………………………

4. The Marginalization of Women in Patriarchal Society………………………..

4.1 The Silence of All Women in the Story…………………………………

4.2 The Reality of “Angel in the House” ……………………………………

5. The Positive and Negative Images o f Women…………………………………

5.1 Lucy’s Perfect Image Based on Men’s Desire……………………………

5.2 Madame Defarge’s Evil Image…………………………………..………

5.3 Irrationality and Emotionality of All Women……………………………

6. Conclusion……………………………………………………………..………Reference…………………………………………………………………………

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my gratitude to those who have helped me finish this thesis and helped me make it better. To begin with, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Professor xx who is also my supervisor for my thesis for his patient instruction and constructive suggestions. Professor xx was very supportive of my own ideas on the thesis at the very first stage and shared plenty of useful materials to me to enrich the contents and deepen the subject of this thesis. When I got problems with the thesis, he was rather generous to provide me with valuable advice. With his patient instruction and revision of my each draft, the thesis has been improved a lot. Besides, I also want to express my thanks to my classmates for their generous share of valuable materials and their continuous encouragement. Their support and constant discussion with me have inspired me greatly while I was facing difficulties writing this thesis.

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