Abstract:

Nowadays, with the development of the society, the female self consciousness is being strengthened little by little, and it becomes the same topic all over the world. Women’s roles have become more and more diversified whether it aims at women themselves, their family or the society. The women’s awaking from ignorance is becoming an important part of the society’s reform and opening-up. Female-self consciousness has been put forward and stressed, which is the result of the liberation of female consciousness. It aims to realize equality between men and women. Under different times and culture, women’s awareness has different characteristics. The awakening of female consciousness has brought great changes to women. This thesis will explore the similarities and differences in awareness of women’s roles between Chinese and western culture according to different culture and social environment which Chinese and Western women are living in. It will also analyze the influences on women themselves and societies on the basis of the awaking female self consciousness and similar and different awareness of women’s roles

Keywords: Feminine consciousness; role diversification; similarities and differences

摘  要：

随着社会的发展，女性的自我意识不断加强，女性意识成为全世界的共同话题。无论对女性自身还是对社会对家庭，女性扮演的角色越来越多样化。妇女的觉醒是社会变革的重要组成部分，女性意识的提出以及被强调和重视，是女性意识解放的必然，其宗旨是实现男女平等。不同时代不同文化背景下中西方的女性认识存在各自的特点，女性意识的觉醒给女性带来了巨大的变化。本文针对中西方女性所处社会及文化进行分析对比，以及中西方文学作品中反映出的女性意识的觉醒和差异，探索中西方女性角色意识的异同以及女性意识的觉醒对自身的影响和社会发展的影响。

关键词：女性意识；角色多样化；异同