摘要

二十世纪的英国正处在一个重要的转折期，随着英国工业革命的发展以及女权运动的兴起，女性的话语权得到了极大的提高，与此同时，女性意识空前高涨。与思想进步一同带来的便是文学作品的变化。与正统文学不太一样的是，在侦探小说中，作者通过多角度的人物以及情感分析体现了一个虚幻的艺术世界，在这个艺术世界里可以尽情表达，侦探小说中的思想感情更为真实。不同于正统文学的循规蹈矩，从英国不同时期的侦探小说来分析女性意识的历时变迁，可以发现不同背景下女性意识蕴含的更深层次的问题，从一个新的角度去分析一个较为常见的概念——女性意识，这更加体现出侦探小说的魅力以及其存在的价值内涵。侦探小说作为一个比较新鲜的角度来重新认识和分析女性意识，可以使我们对此进行更深刻的理解与反思。本篇论文将通过分析柯南·道尔的《福尔摩斯探案全集》和阿加莎·克里斯蒂的《无尽长夜》这两部侦探小说中体现的女性意识，以此探索女性意识在侦探小说中的历时变迁。

关键词：女性意识  侦探小说  柯南·道尔  阿加莎·克里斯蒂

Contents

Abstract i

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Literature Review 2

1.1 Detective Novels 2

1.1.1 Concept of Detective Novels 2

1.1.2 Development of Detective Novels 2

1.1.3 The Role and Significance of Detective Novels 3

1.2 Female Consciousness 4

1.2.1 Concept of Female Consciousness 4

1.2.2 Development of Female Consciousness 5

1.3 Research Status at Home and Abroad 6

Chapter 2 Female Consciousness in Sherlock Holmes 8

2.1 Social Background and Impact 8

2.1.1 Reasons for Low Status of Women 8

2.1.2 Improvement of Women’s Status in Victorian Era 8

2.2 The Embodiment of Female Consciousness in Novels 9

2.2.1 The Image of Sherlock Holmes 9

2.2.2 Outstanding Female Images 10

Chapter 3 Female Consciousness in Endless Nights 11

3.1 Patriarchal Cultural Imprint 11

3.1.1 Female Images in Endless Nights 11

3.1.2 The Existence of Male Voice 12

3.2 Resistance to Male Discourse 12

3.2.1 Greta’s Crime 12

3.2.2 The Embodiment of Female Consciousness 13

Chapter 4 The Changes in Female Consciousness Reflected in Sherlock Holmes and Endless Nights 15

4.1 The Development of Feminist Movement in the 20th Century 15

4.1.1 Women’s Struggle for Status 15

4.1.2 The Influence of Feminist Movement on Female Consciousness 16

4.2 The Influence of Writer’s Gender on Female Consciousness 17

4.2.1 Male Writers and Detective Novels 17

4.2.2 Female Writers and Detective Novels 18

4.3 Changes in Female Consciousness Reflected in the Two Works 19

4.3.1 Sherlock Holmes and Female Consciousness 19

4.3.2 Endless Nights and Female Consciousness 20

Conclusion 21

Bibliography 22

Acknowledgements 24