An Analysis of the Heroine’s Feminist Consciousness in Gone with the Wind_英语论文

摘要

自1936年问世以来，美国现代著名女作家玛格丽特·米歇尔创作的《飘》一直畅销不衰，在全世界范围内受到广大读者喜爱。《飘》以亚特兰大一个南方种植园为场景，以斯嘉丽·欧哈拉为主线，描写了内战前后美国南方人的生活。小说通过讲述斯嘉丽在战争前后十二年间与瑞特、阿希利、梅兰尼几位南方青年的情感纠葛和三段坎坷的婚姻历程，向我们展现了斯嘉丽强烈的女性意识。她有着传统的南方女性所不具备的新女性的特点——从16岁到28岁，她在硝烟的历练中从一名反叛的大家闺秀成为一个独立坚强的新兴资产阶级。本文从女性意识的角度出发分三个部分来分析斯嘉丽这一女性形象。第一部分对斯嘉丽的三段婚姻进行对比分析，探讨人物在不同时期的婚姻观和价值观。第二部分对战争前、战争中和战争后三个时期斯嘉丽的女性意识的发展变化进行对比分析。第三部分对小说中的斯嘉丽的女性意识成长过程的象征意义进行分析。女主公斯嘉丽对男权社会的形象以及在战争中的成长，都是其女性意识的体现，正是这种女性意识赋予了小说《飘》强劲的生命力，直至今日仍深具魅力。

关键词：斯嘉丽《飘》女性意识 男权社会 

Abstract

Gone with the Wind is created by Margaret Mitchell. This book was published at 1936, and since that time it has been popular by readers all over the world. The romantic story in Gone with the wind, happened in a southern plantation, Atlanta. Scarlett O’Hara is the main line, and this novel describes southern people's living condition before and after the Civil War of the United States. To show Scarlett’s strong female consciousness, this novel depicts the emotional entanglements of Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley and Melanie in twelve years through the war and Scarlett’s three sections of marriages. She has the characteristics of a new female that traditional southern women do not have. Therefore, from 16 to 28 years old, after the experience of the war, she becomes an independent and tough emerging bourgeoisie from a rebel girl.  This thesis consists of three parts. The first part analyses Scarlett's three marriages and discusses the main characters’ views of marriage and value in different periods. The second part analyses the changes of the heroine in the three periods according to the Civil War. The third part analyses the novel symbolic significance of Scarlett's female consciousness growth process. Scarlett’s rebellious image in the male-dominated society and the typical change in the war are the embodiment of female consciousness, which gave the novel strong vitality, also made the novel still attractive for modern readers.

Key Words: Scarlett; Gone with the Wind; Feminist consciousness; Male-dominated society

Contents

1  Introduction 1

2  Scarlett’s Feminist Consciousness in Different Marriages 3

2.1 The Marriage with Charles 3

2.2 The Marriage with Frank 4

2.3 The Marriage with Rhett 6

3  The Development of Scarlett’s Feminisit Consciousness 8

3.1 Before the War: Rebellious and Sentimental 8

3.2 During the War: Courageous and Independent 9

3.3 After the War: Mature and Self-fulfilling 11

4  The Symbolic Meanings of the Heroine’s Feminist Consciousness 12

4.1 A Song of the Old South America in the Civil War 12

4.2 A New Woman in the Male-dominated Society 13

5  Conclusion 16

Bibliography 18

Acknowledgments 20