《飘》与《白夜行》中女性角色的对比分析_英语论文

A Comparative Analysis of Female Characters in Gone with the Wind and White Night

摘要

《飘》与《白夜行》分别是美国现代作家玛格丽特·米切尔与日本当代作家东野圭吾的代表作，在世界范围内都深受读者的追捧。尽管目前已经有众多学者从不同的角度，对这两部作品分别进行了深入的研究分析，但鲜有学者将这两部作品，特别是作品中的女性角色，进行对比分析研究。尽管两部作品的女主人公斯佳丽·奥哈拉与唐泽雪穗成长于不同的国家与不同的时代背景之下，而东野圭吾却在这二者之间建立起了一种特殊的关系。有学者将这种关系称之为“模仿”。由此可见，这两个女性角色之间有着极大的相似性。目前，仅有少数学者从这二者的相似性上展开了分析研究。因此，本篇论文将运用比较分析法，探究两位女主人公身上的相似点与不同点，并分析不同时代与社会背景对二者的性格、思想与命运的影响。通过分析和比较，本文也意在探求这两位女性对当代女性的启示。

关键词：斯佳丽；唐泽雪穗；对比分析；女性角色 

Abstract 

Gone with the Wind and White Night are the representative works of American modern writer Margret Mitchell and Japanese modern writer Higashino Keigo, both of which enjoy high popularity around the world. Despite the fact that many scholars have studied these two works respectively from various views, few of them have tried to make a comparative analysis on these two works, especially the female characters. Although both the heroines of these two works, Scarlett O’Hara and Karasawa Yukiho, grow up in different countries and eras, there is a special relationship between these two characters set by Higashino Keigo, which is called as imitation by some scholars. Thus it can be seen that these two females share many similarities in some aspects. Up to now, only a minority of scholars have made a comparative study on the similarities of these two women. Therefore, apart from a comparative study on these two women’s similarities and differences, the thesis goes deep into the influences of different cultures and eras on these two women’s characteristics, minds and fates. By comparison and contrast, the thesis also aims to get some inspirations from these two characters for modern women.

Key words: Scarlett O’Hara; Karasawa Yukiho; comparative analysis; female characters 

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 A Brief Account of Margret Mitchell and Gone with the Wind 1

1.2 A Brief Account of Higashino Keigo and White Night 1

1.3 The Social Backgrounds of Gone with the Wind and White Night 2

1.3.1 The Social Backgrounds of Gone with the Wind 2

1.3.2 The Social Backgrounds of White Night 3  

1.4 Purposes of Research 5

1.5 Layout of the Thesis 5

2. Literature Review 6

2.1 The Studies of Gone with the Wind 6

2.2 The Studies of White Night 7

3. The Resemblances of Two Females Images 9

3.1 Appearance and Charming 9

3.2 Attitudes towards Difficulties and Fate 10

3.3 The master of Their Own Love and Marriage 11

4. The Differences between Two Female Images 13

4.1 Different Family Background 13

4.2 Different Attitudes towards Social Ethics 13

4.3 Different Goals of Life 14

5. The Inspiration for Modern Women 16

5.1 The Importance of Pursuing Economic Independence 16

5.2 Enlightenment for Family Life 16

6. Conclusion  18

6.1 Review of Major Findings 18

6.1.1 The Similarities and Differences between Scarlett and Yukiho 18

6.1.2 The Inspirations Yukiho Got from Scarlett 19

6.1.3 Inspirations for Modern Women 19

6.2 Implications of Major Findings 19

6.3 Limitations and Further Research 20

References 21

Acknowledgements 23