从《老克罗斯利太太》看吉尔曼的母职观

On Gilman's opinion of motherhood from The Old Mrs. Crosley

夏洛特·帕金斯·吉尔曼是美国19世纪末20世纪初重要的女性作家。其短篇小说《老克罗斯利太太》讲述了主人公老克罗斯利太太在父权制的压迫下失去自我,在自我意识觉醒后,她走出家庭,通过自身的努力取得了事业的成功,实现了自我价值。从女性主义视角对小说进行解读,通过分析老克罗斯利太太发挥女性潜能和实现自我价值的经历,揭示吉尔曼的新型母职观。

Charelotte Perkins Gilman was an important female author in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Her short novel ＂＇The Old Mrs. Crosley＂ was about the story of the protagonist old Mrs. Crosley. Under the oppression of patriarchy, she lost herself. When her self-awareness awakened, she walked out of her home. Owing to her hardworking, she finally realized the value of herself. This paper aims to analyze the novel from the perspective of feminism and discloses Gilman＇s new opinion of motherhood by analyzing old Mrs. Crosley＇s experience of exerting potential and realizing self value.