从女性主义角度分析书嘉莉妹妹_英语论文

An Analysis of Sister Carrie From the Perspective of Feminism

摘要

嘉莉妹妹是美国作家德莱赛的第一本小说《嘉莉妹妹》中的女主人公。小说以美国大都市为背景，描述了出身贫穷家庭的女子如何一步步成为当红明星。 笔者站在女性的角度，探索嘉莉妹妹的成长经历能带给我们的启示，让女性同胞能够正确地规划自己的人生，活出生命的真谛。本文从女性主义角度出发，分析嘉莉妹妹如何取得经济上的独立，并论证其并未取得精神上的独立，以及未能精神独立的原因。笔者结合前人的研究成果，分析嘉莉妹妹的成长经历，得出以下观点：作为一名女性，一定要取得经济上的独立，这是女性精神独立的前提。女性在经济独立和精神独立的条件下，才称得上是一名真正独立的女性。

关键词：嘉莉妹妹；女性主义；经济独立；精神独立；原因

Abstract

Sister Carrie was the main female character of Theodore Dreiser’s first novel Sister Carrie. This novel was based on the background of American metropolis. The story was about how a female who was born in a poor family became a famous superstar gradually. From the perspective of feminism, I am going to analysis the living experience of Sister Carrie so that we may gain some enlightenment. I hope females are able to design our own lives and have a better understanding of life. This paper is going to analysis how Sister Carrie achieved the economic independence and to prove that she didn’t achieve the spiritual independence instead, and the reasons behind her failure. With both the research findings of predecessors and my analysis on Sister Carrie’s living experience, I have found the following points. As females, we are supposed to be economically independent, which is the foundation of the spiritual independence. Only when females become both economically and spiritually independent can we be called true independent females.

Key words：Sister Carrie; Feminism; economic independence; spiritual independence; reasons