Gender Identity Construction in Oranges are not the Only Fruit_英语论文

摘要

珍妮特·温特森在《橘子不是唯一的水果》中以半自传的形式讲述了女主人公珍妮特的成长故事。本文从性别身份建构的角度着手，分析珍妮特的成长过程，重点研究珍妮特和宗教与传统之间的冲突，包括宗教和传统对珍妮特性别身份的禁锢以及珍妮特是如何挣脱宗教和传统的束缚，最后分析了女主人公如何找到自己的性别身份。本文还对生理性别和社会性别的不同之处进行了阐述，这是性别身份建构过程的基础，同时还对《橘子》中宗教教条的统治和伪善进行了探讨。

关键字: 性别身份 建构 基督教 传统

Contents

Introduction 2

1. The study of gender identity 3

1.1. The differences between sex and gender 3

1.2. The cause of the protagonist’s gender identity 4

2. The conflicts in the process of Jeanette’s gender identity construction 4

2.1. Conflicts with the Christianity 5

2.1.1. Dominance and hypocrisy of Christian doctrine 5

2.1.2. Christian restraints for Jeanette 6

2.1.3. Jeanette’s revolt against Christianity 7

2.2. The conflicts with tradition 8

2.2.1. The revolt against traditional marriage 8

2.2.2. The challenge to the male-dominant society 9

3. The accomplishment of Jeanette’s gender identity construction 10

3.1. The escape from gender identity 10

3.2. Jeanette’s self-identification for gender 11

Conclusion 12

References 142