英国文学女性形象的嬗变

The Evolution of Female Images in British Literature

以英国社会文化发展和妇女解放为切入点,论述了英国文学女性形象的嬗变,得出这些女性形象是沿着女奴—女权—女性—女人的路线发展的,揭示了女性自我意识逐步觉醒以及女性精神文化追求的演化意义。考察这种嬗变可以换一个角色重新审视英国传统妇女文化,对女性自身的完善与发展,对人类的文明进程都有极其重要的作用。

The paper depicts the evolution of female images in British literature in terms of social and cultural development as well as women liberation in Britain, which leads to the conclusion that these female images evolve along the way of female slaves, female privilege, female awareness and female personality. It reveals the gradual awakenings in women self-consciousness and the meaning of evolution in women's spiritual and cultural pursuit. Through studying this evolution, we can look on the British traditional culture from a newangle. It is important to the self-perfection and development of the female and the full-scale development of the mankind.