桎梏与僭越-解析《金色笔记》中安娜的自由女性形象_英语论文

The Shackles and Transgression――Analysis of the “Free Woman” Anna in The Golden Notebook

摘要

多丽丝·莱辛是当今世界最出色的作家之一。莱辛的文学作品主要是对现代女性生存状态的关注。她将女性主题与特定时代背景相结合，丰富了女性主义的内涵。她的代表作《金色笔记》是一部讲述女性追求自由的小说。小说以现代知识女性的生活为中心，描写了“自由女性”的生存困境，刻画了她们追求自由时的困惑与内心痛苦，反映了20世纪中期女性追求自由的整体风貌。

本文重点分析《金色笔记》中自由女性所处的困境以及最终寻求到的出路，提出构建两性和谐关系的新模式，男女应共同进步。

第一章引言部分介绍作者莱辛的生平经历及代表作。第二章介绍了自由主义女性主义的内涵和发展，以及自由主义女性主义对莱辛的影响。第三章详尽描述了自由女性所处困境的种种情态。第四章则指出了自由女性寻找出路的过程和意义。第五章是对全文的总结，女性主义并不能帮助妇女获得真正的自由，绝对的自由女性是不存在的，男女均有各自缺陷，应该取长补短相互沟通。

关键词：多丽丝·莱辛；金色笔记；自由主义女性主义；安娜

Abstract

Doris Lessing is one of the world’s most distinguished writer in the contemporary world. Her literary works, mainly concerned about the women’s living conditions in the modern society, relate the female theme with the specific social background, which enriches the connotation of feminism. Her representative work, The Golden Notebook, is a novel of women’s pursuit for freedom. Centering around the life of the modern knowledge females, it describes the survival dilemma of the “free women”, depicts their confusion and inner pain when pursuing freedom, and altogether gives a panorama of the women’s striving for freedom in the middle of the 20th century.

Through analyzing the dilemma the western free female encountered in The Golden Notebook and illustrating the way they had found, this paper proposes a new model to build harmonious sexual relationship. Men and women should make progress together.

Chapter One introduces the author’s life experience and her representative works. The second chapter introduces the connotation of liberal feminism, the development of this notion and feminism influencing upon Doris Lessing. The third chapter describes the dilemma liberal female experienced in detail. The fourth chapter points out the way to find freedom. The fifth chapter is a summary of the full text. Liberal feminism cannot help women obtain true freedom, and absolute freedom of women does not exist. Men and women have their own defects, they should learn from and communicate with each other.

Key words: Doris Lessing  The Golden Notebook  Liberal Feminism  Anna

Contents

Acknowledgments I

Abstract II

摘要 III

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 Introduction to Doris Lessing and Her Works 1

1.2 The Golden Notebook and Literature Review 1

Chapter Two Liberal Feminism 3

2.1 Connotation and Development of Liberal Feminism 3

2.2 Feminism Influence upon Doris Lessing 4

Chapter Three The Survival Status of Anna 5

3.1 Anna’s Free Life 5

3.2 Dilemmas for Anna 5

3.2.1 Failure of Writer’s Life 5

3.2.2 Dashed Political Ideal 6

3.2.3 The Loss of Romantic Love 6

Chapter Four Self-redemption of Anna 8

4.1 Process to Explore Freedom 8

4.1.1 Self-reflection of Liberal Female 8

4.1.2 Self-affirmation of Liberal Female 8

4.2 The Harmony Between Men and Women 9

Chapter Five Conclusion 10

References 11