解读《觉醒》中凯特·肖班思想上的矛盾性

The Contradictoriness in Kate Chopin's The Awakening

美国小说家凯特.肖班的小说《觉醒》自1899年问世以来,评论家就对女主人公爱德娜的行为众说纷纭,对结尾爱德娜自杀的意义更是争论不休。尽管作者在作品中对女主人公的行为未加评判,但小说中的文本细节与作者本人生活背景和经历的比照体现出作品采用以"故事本身揭示真相"的现实主义写作手法,表达了作者对新女性的激进对抗行为所持的虽不乏赞赏但更多是传统保守的矛盾思想。

Since the publication of Kate Chopin＇s short novel The Awakening in 1899, the critics have made various comments on the characters and even more arguments on Edna＇s suicide, because the author made no clear judgment in her work. Both the text and the author＇s life background unfolded the author＇s contradictory thoughts toward the new woman＇s immoral acts, more traditional and conservative than liberal and confrontational.