Abstract

Ernest Hemingway and Katherine Mansfield are two distinguished writers in their own countries. Hemingway is an important representative of American modernism novelists. His four novels and a variety of short stories make great contribution to American literature. Besides, his feminist consciousness is an important subject of critics’ research. Mansfied is a famous writer in English modernism literature. Meanwhile, she is the founder of New Zealand literature. Mansfied’s achievement lies on short stories. She is considered as a feminist writer whose feminist consciousness can easily be found in her works.

Hills Like White Elephants is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway in 1926. The story, told generally through dialogue, is a conversation between a girl and an American man waiting for a train in Spain. Ernest Hemingway inputs his feminist consciousness in this short story though the conversation between the hero and the heroine. A Dill Pickle is Katherine Mansfield’s short story written in 1917. A Dill Pickle is about the encounter of a woman named Vera and a man who she loved six years ago. This story which is based on Mansfield’s own experience reveals Mansfield’s feminist consciousness through the heroine’s mental activity.

Hills Like White Elephants and A Dill Pickle are two short stories written by authors of different nations and different genders. Previous studies about the two works mainly focus on either the writing strategy or the two writers’ feminist consciousness reflected in the stories on the side of female characters. Only a few researches pay attention to the male images in the stories. This thesis aims to make a comparison between the male images in Hills Like White Elephants and A Dill Pickle from the perspective of feminist literary criticism, which may provide a comprehensive understanding to the two short stories.

Key words: feminist literary criticism, Hills Like White Elephants, A Dill Pickle, male images
 

摘        要

欧内斯特•海明威和凯瑟琳•曼斯菲尔德分别是各自国家杰出的作家。海明威是美国现代主义小说家的主要代表人物，他的四大小说和大量的短篇小说为美国文学做出了巨大贡献。此外，他的女性意识也成为评论家研究的主要主题。曼斯菲尔德是英国重要的现代主义文学作家，同时她也是新西兰文学的奠基人。曼斯菲尔德的成就主要在于短篇小说，她被认为是一名女性主义作家，在她的作品中不难发现其女性意识。
《白象似的群山》是欧内斯特•海明威于1926年创作的短篇小说。小说通过对话的形式讲述了在西班牙等火车的一对男女之间的故事，海明威通过男女主人公之间的对话体现了他的女性意识。《莳萝泡菜》是凯瑟琳•曼斯菲尔德于1917年创作的短篇小说。该小说讲述了女主人公薇拉与六年前的男友偶遇的故事。此小说根据曼斯菲尔德亲身经历改编，小说中女主公的心理活动展现了曼斯菲尔德的女性意识。
《白象似的群山》和《莳萝泡菜》分别是由不同国别、不同性别的两个作家创作的作品。前人关于这两篇小说的研究或者侧重于创作手法，或者侧重于小说中女性人物所反映出来的两位作家的女性意识，鲜有研究关注小说中男性形象。本文试图从女性主义视角，尤其是女性主义文学批评角度对两篇小说中的男性形象进行对比研究，希望可以给两篇小说提供更全面的理解。


关键词：女性主义文学批评，《白象似的群山》，《莳萝泡菜》，男性形象