《小妇人》中乔瑟芬的女性主义分析_英语论文

A Brief Analysis of Feminism from Josephine’s View on Love in Little Women

摘要

众所周知，路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》是女性主义作品的代表之一。这篇论文将通过分析《小妇人》中乔瑟芬的爱情观来阐释她身上所透露的女性主义。在这篇论文的绪论部分，我将给出小说的创作背景，文献综述，以及我的写作角度。在本论部分，第一章中，我将通过书中的许多事例来分析乔瑟芬的人物性格；第二章中，我将详细的分析乔瑟芬的爱情观，大致上会从爱情选择和为什么这样选择入手；第三章中，我将深入分析乔瑟芬身上所显示出的女性主义，包括对自由的追求、独立的渴望、以及真爱的尊崇；第四章中，我将会谈一谈从乔瑟芬的女性主义中，我们能得到的对现世社会的启发，以及其还残有的一些局限性。在本论文的结论部分，我会简要的给本篇论文做出总结。

关键词：小妇人 女性主义 爱情观 独立自主

Abstract

It is known to the entire world that Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is one of the representatives of feminist works. This paper analyzes feminism embodied in Josephine’s view on love in Little Women. In the introduction of the paper, I will talk about the background, literature review and my writing perspective. As for the body part, in Chapter one I will analyze Josephine’s character from many examples in the story; in Chapter two I will give a comprehensive analysis of Josephine’s view on love, which mainly covers the love choice she made and the reasons of the choice; in Chapter three, I will analyze feminism reflected form Josephine, including the aspiration for freedom, the desire for independence, and the worship of true love. In Chapter four, I will discuss the enlightments and limitations of Josephine’s feminism in modern times. At last in the conclusion, I will give a brief summary of this paper. 

Key words: Little Women; feminism; view on love; independence 

Contents

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER ONE A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF JOSEPHINE’S CHARACTER 4

1.1 A General Description of Jo’s Personality 4

1.2 A Very Unusual Quality—Being a Boyish Girl 5

CHAPTER TWO A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF JOSEPHINE’S VIEW ON LOVE 9

2.1 Josephine’s Love Choice 9

2.2 Josephine’s View on Love 11

2.2.1 Reasons of the Choice 11

2.2.1.1 The Impact of Family Education 11

2.2.1.2 The Spirit of Rebellion 12

2.2.2 The Conclusion of Josephine’s View on Love 14

CHAPTER THREE A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF JOSEPHINE’S FEMINISM 14

3.1 Aspiration for Freedom 14

3.2 Desire for Independence 15

3.3 Worship of True Love 16

CHAPTER FOUR THE ENLIGHTMENTS AND LIMITATIONS OF LITTLE WOMEN 17

4.1 The enlightments 17

4.2 The Limitations 19

CONCLUSION 20

BIBLIOGRAPHY 21

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 21