浅析《裂隙》中的两性关系_英语论文

Analysis of the Gender Relationship in The Cleft

摘要

多丽丝·莱辛，是2007年诺贝尔文学奖获得者，她是我们这个时代最伟大最著名的作家之一。《裂隙》主要讲述了人类的起源,通过罗马议员和裂缝人麦儿之口讲述了两个不同版本的人类起源，详细地对历史进行了描绘与想象，叙述了了人类从单性向双性融合的演化以及性别角色的分化和社会组织起源的飞跃转变。论文旨在探究《裂隙》中的两性关系。论文共包括五个部分。第一部分简要介绍了《裂隙》以及多丽丝莱辛的作品和她的成就及国内外文献综述。第二部分主要介绍了女性主义，包括女性主义的定义及历史渊源。第三部分讲述了《裂隙》中的两性关系。不同时代对于两性关系的看法也不相同，要随着时代的变化不断去丰富两性关系的内容。第四部分介绍了两性关系的原因，包括社会原因、历史原因及家庭背景原因。第五部分是论文的结尾部分。这篇论文从女性主义角度，以《裂隙》中的两性关系为分析对象，从两性关系的起源发展及融合展开论述，最终揭示了男女是彼此需要的，最后必将走向融合，实现人类和谐发展。通过本文对男女两性关系的阐述和分析，可以引发人们对于当今社会的两性关系的思考，倡导男女平等才是社会和谐繁荣之策。

关键词：两性关系；多丽丝·莱辛；《裂隙》

Abstract

Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time. The Cleft talks about the origins of human beings. In The Cleft, Lessing described two different versions of the origins of human beings through the Roman senator and the cleft maire, imagining the historic details thoroughly, the evolution from the single sex to double sexes and sexual roles separation as well as the origins of social organizations’ leap. This paper explores the gender relationship in The Cleft and consists of five parts. Part one briefly introduces Doris Lessing’s works and achievements and The Clef, as well as the literature review. Part two mainly introduces feminism, including the definition and the history of feminism. Gender relationship in The Cleft is discussed in part three. In different times, people held different views towards gender relationships. As time goes by, the contents of gender relationship should be enriched. Part four talks about the causes of gender relationship, including social causes, historical causes and family background causes. The last part is the conclusion. This paper takes the gender relationship in The Cleft as the analysis object from the perspective of feminism, and the origins, developments and fusion of gender relationship are also discussed. This paper finally revealed that men and women need each other, and integration is bound to get, thus leading to prosperous development of human beings. Through the elaboration and analysis of the gender relationship in this paper, people would think about the gender relationships in today's society and advocate equality between men and women, which is the law of a harmonious and prosperous society. 

Keywords: gender relationship; Doris Lessing; The Cleft

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Introduction to Doris Lessing and The Cleft 1

1.2 A Literature Review at Home and Abroad 2

2. Understanding of Feminism and the Gender Relationship 4

2.1 The Basic Concept and History of Feminism 4

2.2 A Perfect Gender Relationship 5

2.3 The Differences and the Imbalance between Two Genders 6

3. Gender Relationship in The Cleft 7

3.1 Two Different Versions of the Origins of Human Beings 7

3.2 The Conflicts between Gender Relationship 8

3.3 The Development and Fusion of Gender Relationship 9

4. The Causes of Inequality of Gender Relationship 10

4.1 The Relationship between Individuals and the Society 10

4.2 Gender Relationship Influenced by Historical Causes 11

4.3 The Impact of Family Backgrounds 12

5. Conclusion 13

Bibliography 15