从女性主义角度解读《小妇人》中乔的成长历程_英语论文

Feminism Interpretation in Jo’s Growth Process of Little Women   

摘要

《小妇人》一书为美国女作家路易莎·梅·奥尔柯特所著，分两卷于1868年和1869年出版。此书一经出版便受到了全世界读者的喜爱。路易莎·梅·奥尔柯特是一个女性主义者，积极参与女权运动。此书讲述了美国内战时期一个家庭里的四个女儿在父亲征兵入伍时期的成长故事。乔是马奇家庭的二女儿，也是此书最为重要的角色。在本论文中，作者首先将介绍女性主义及其对路易莎·梅·奥尔柯特的影响，并简单介绍小说的内容和创作背景，接着，作者会着重分析乔的性格特点以及成长过程，分析乔如何在女性主义意识下追求自由和平等。本论文将从以上几点做出对乔的女性主义意识分析，以便于读者更好的阅读、理解《小妇人》一书。

关键词:女性主义  小妇人  公平  自由

Abstract

Little Women is published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869 respectively, which is written by American female author Louisa May Alcott. Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist. She took an active part in feminism movements, such as advocated for women's suffrage and became the first woman to register to vote in a school board election. The novel tells us a story about four girls’ growth process during the American civil war while their father was in the army. After experiencing lots of things, they finally grew into mature little women. Jo March is the second elder girl in this family, as well as the heroine of this book.

In this thesis, firstly, the author would introduce what feminism is, and its influence in Alcott and Little Women. And this thesis gives a brief introduction of this book, and the background of the author and this book. Secondly, this thesis gives a simple review of Little Women, and analyzes the main character--- Jo, in this book. This thesis focus on Jo’s growing process to see how feminism affects her in her pursuing of freedom and equality. 

In a word, this thesis interprets Jo’s growing process from the perspective of feminism so that people can understand the background of the novel better and understand what the author really wants to convey.

Keywords:feminism; Little Women; Jo; freedom; equal