A Feminist Study of Sister Carrie_英语论文

摘要

《嘉莉妹妹》是美国自然主义作家西奥多·德莱塞的第一部小说，该小说主要讲述了嘉莉如何摆脱男权社会的束缚，实现独立的经历。本论文从女性主义视角出发，通过比较新旧女性的代表——嘉莉和其姐姐敏妮的不同之处，研究嘉莉的女性意识从萌芽、加强到最后觉醒的过程，并启示当代中国女性如何通过提升自我从而实现独立。

关键词：《嘉莉妹妹》；比较；女性主义的觉醒；启示

Contents

Introduction 1

1. A Comparison Between Carrie And Minnie 2

1.1 Minnie—Representative of Women in Old Days 3

1.2 Carrie—Representative of New Women 4

2. Carrie’s Feminist Consciousness Budding 6

2.1 As An Innocent Girl 6

2.2 Refusing to Be An Object to the Patriarchal Society 7

3. Carrie’s Feminist Consciousness Stronger 8

3.1 Rebuilding Values 9

3.2 Choosing the Satisfactory Life 10

4. Carrie’s Full Awakening of Feminist Consciousness 10

4.1 Breaking the Constrain of the Patriarchal Society 10

4.2 Achieving Economic Independence 11

Conclusion 12

References 14