Spiritual War: A Brief Analysis of Feminism in Runaway_英语论文

摘要

《逃离》是加拿大女作家艾丽丝·门罗创作的短篇小说集，全书共收录八篇作品。作为一名女性作家，门罗在作品中寄予了其对女性命运的深刻思考。本文主要讨论与小说集同名的第一篇小说《逃离》。小说中，门罗以多维的叙事视角和纵横交错的叙事手法，深刻表现了主人公内心世界的挣扎与困境，以及百般犹豫之后的逃离与回归，揭示了女性善良敏感天性中的隐忍与坚强。门罗剑锋直指父权制以及人类中心主义，抨击了男性对女性的压迫。

本文以女性主义为理论框架，通过分析女性与社会、男性和“自我”的冲突，揭示短篇小说《逃离》中深刻的女性主义思想。

关键词：爱丽丝·门罗  《逃离》  女性主义  心灵战争

Abstract

Runaway is a collection of short stories written by Canadian female writer Alice Munro, which contains eight works in total. As a female writer, Munro expresses her profound thinking on the fate of women in her works. This paper mainly discusses the first novel of the same name, Runaway. In the novel, Munro, with a multi-dimensional perspective and a crisscrotting narrative technique, profoundly presents the struggle and predicament of the heroine’s inner world, as well as her escape and return after all kinds of hesitation, and reveals the endurance and strength of women’s kind-hearted and sensitive nature. Munro’s sword is directed at patriarchy and anthropocentrism, attacking men’s oppression of women. 

Basing on the framework of feminism, this paper aims to reveal the profound feminism thought in the short story Runaway by analyzing the conflicts between women and society, men, and the “self”. 

Key Words: Alice Munro  Runaway  Feminism  Spiritual War

Contents

Chapter One  Introduction1

1.1  A Brief Introduction to Alice Munro.1

1.2  A Brief Introduction to Runaway2

1.3  Purpose and Significant of the Thesis.4

1.4  Structure of the Thesis.5

Chapter Two  Literature Review6

2.1  Previous Studies on Runaway.6

2.1.1 Previous Studies on Runaway Abroad6

2.1.2 Previous Studies on Runaway at Home9

Chapter Three  Theoretical Framework12

3.1  Background of Feminism12

3.2  Basic Viewpoints of Feminism.13

3.3  Main factions of Feminism.13

3.4  Evaluation of Feminism15

Chapter Four  A Feminist Analysis in Runaway.17

4.1  A Feminist Analysis of Carla’s Spiritual War in Runaway.17

4.1.1 First Runaway: Escape from Authoritative Parents17

4.1.2 Second Runaway: Escape from Autocratic Men19

4.1.3 Third Runaway: Escape from the “Self”20

4.2  Summary.22

Chapter Five  Conclusion23

5.1  Major Findings23

5.2  Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study24

Bibliography

Acknowledgments