摘要

本文通过比较和对比的手法,选取了两部作品中三个主要女性形象,来分析毛姆在这两部作品中矛盾的女性观。在《克雷杜克夫人》中毛姆用暗讽的手法活灵活现地刻画出了伯莎的不切实际和格洛佛小姐一味的牺牲；然而毛姆在《寻欢作乐》中却用最善意的文字刻画了一位善良、真诚的女性——罗西。在西方文学界，毛姆根深蒂固的“反妇女”倾向是公认的事实，这同他个人生活经历是分不开的；但是同时他又受到了当时复杂的社会背景和他身边女性的影响，从而逐渐形成了一种复杂矛盾的心理。本文通过对毛姆两部作品的研究,指出了毛姆的女性观并不只是盲目厌女的,而是复杂矛盾的：是爱与恨结合的,是嘲讽与尊重交织的,毛姆心中理想化的女性形象从未消失。所以,专断地认为毛姆是厌女的看法是有失偏颇的。

关键词：毛姆；厌女症；反妇女；矛盾

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 William Somerset Maugham and His Literary Achievements

1.2 Introduction to Mrs. Craddock and Cakes and Ale

2. Literature Review 3

3. Maugham’s Ambivalent View of Women 4

3.1 Maugham’s Hate and Satire towards Women in Mrs. Craddock

3.1.1 Bertha: An Unrealistic Aristocratic Woman

3.1.2 Miss Glover: A Dependent

3.2 Maugham’s Love and Respect for Women in Cakes and Ale

3.3 The Comparison of Maugham’s View of Women in two works

4. Reasons for Maugham’s Ambivalent View of Women 9

4.1 The Influences of Maugham’s Life in Childhood

4.2 The Influences of Women in Maugham’s Life

4.3 The Influences of Society 

5. Conclusion 12

Bibliography 13

Acknowledgments 14