Abstract: The Kitchen God’s Wife, as a representative novel of a woman’s struggle history, is still of practical significance although it was written in last century. In this novel, Amy Tan creates a strong female character—Winnie. Winnie was poisoned by Chinese traditional culture, including Confucianism and feudalism, and she had no right to speak for herself. So Winnie still kept silent no matter how much she suffered from the patriarchal society. Finally, because of the awakening of her feminine consciousness, she started to revolt against the patriarchal society and fight for her own rights. This paper attempts to analyze The Kitchen God’s Wife from the perspective of feminism. The focus of this paper is placed on the silent women in patriarchal society and women’s revolt from silence in old China. This paper gives a detailed analysis about how Winnie broke the silence and became a warrior full of revolting spirit. This paper exposes the women’s sad plight under the patriarchal society and their effort to get rid of patriarchal oppression and strive for equality, freedom and independence.
Key Words: Silence; revolt; patriarchy; feminism

摘要：《灶神之妻》是一部典型的女性奋斗史小说，虽然写于上世纪，但依然具有现实意义。谭恩美在这部作品中塑造了一个坚强的女性角色—温妮。温妮遭受了包括儒教和封建传统文化在内的中国传统文化的毒害，她没有说话的权利。所以，不管她忍受了多大的痛苦，她始终保持沉默。最终，由于她女性意识的觉醒，她开始反抗父权压迫并且为自己争取权利。这篇论文将从女性主义的视角来分析《灶神之妻》，本篇论文的重点将放在父权社会下中国妇女的沉默以及他们是如何从一个沉默者变为一个反抗者。本论文将详细的分析温妮是如何打破沉默，并且成为一个充满着反抗精神的女战士。论文揭示了父权社会下女性的悲惨困境以及她们为了摆脱父权压迫，争取平等，自由，独立而做的努力。
关键词：沉默；反抗；父权；女性主义