经典童话中女性典型形象分析——天使形象

Analysis of Female Stereotypes in Classic Fairy Tales:Angel Type

作为民间传说的一种,经典童话承载着男权社会的道德标准和社会习惯。根据女权主义作家西蒙娜·德·波伏娃的理论,经典童话中的女性形象被分成两种典型:天使形象和恶魔形象。该文着重描述天使女性形象的特点,以及男性对天使形象的肯定和赞赏,并把它描绘成年女性向往的对象,经典童话被男权社会用作灌输误导女性的工具,使她们成为男性眼中所谓的"天使"形象,从而达到维护稳固男权社会的目的。

This paper is to explore how female characters are classified in to two categories in classic fairy tales and how these images are used to mislead and indoctrinate young girls to become the so-called angel in men's eyes.According to Simone de Beauvoir's feminist theories,male praises and elevates the so-called virtues in the angel type which they appreciate and promise them a bright future.Women are all the Other to the male.