艰辛的成长-《荆棘鸟》的女性主义解读_英语论文

The Arduous Growth——A Feminist Interpretation of The Thorn Birds

摘要

《荆棘鸟》是澳大利亚著名作家考琳·麦卡洛的长篇家世小说，被誉为澳大利亚的《飘》。这部长篇小说以德罗海达牧场为背景，以男女主人公的爱情纠葛为主线，用极其细腻的笔触和富有特色的叙事结构描写了克利里家族三代人的人生经历和情感历程。

伴随着社会经济的发展，女性对男权社会产生了质疑，对自我的存在提出了要求，她们希望独立、完整以及更多的自由。本文以女性主义为理论依托，解读长篇小说《荆棘鸟》，通过分析克利里家族三代不同的女性形象，挖掘其中所蕴含的女性主义思想，论述她们为了追求爱情和自我价值的实现，以不同的方式勇敢地和传统女性命运抗争的精神，展现在特定的时代中，女性自我意识的萌芽、觉醒与解放的艰辛历程。

关键词: 考琳·麦卡洛；《荆棘鸟》；女性主义

Abstract

The Thorn Birds is a family saga written by a famous Australian author Colleen McCullough. It is known as Australia’s “Gone with the Wind”. Setting in Drogheda ranch, this novel uses the love entanglement of the main characters as plotline to tell the life experiences and emotional courses of three generations in Cleary family with extremely fine brushwork and distinctive narrative structure.

With the development of social economy, women are doubtful of the patriarchal society and long for self-existence as well as independence, completeness and freedom. Based on the feminism theory, this thesis tries to analyze three female images of the three generation in The Thorn Birds to explore the feminist consciousness and elaborate their brave pursuits of love and self-worth in different ways. It also reveals the difficult journey of feminism’s bud, bloom and maturity in a very particular era.

Keywords:  Colleen McCullough  The Thorn Birds  Feminism