浅析《牡丹亭》女性自我意识的萌发——以《水浒传》为比较背景

Analysis of the germination of female self-consciousness in The Peony Pavilion——Taking Water Margin as a comparative background

《水浒传》是一部为男儿写的传奇,塑造了众多英雄形象,然而在女性的描写方面却显露出很大的不足,主要体现在对女性的偏见,对女性形象塑造的类型化、平面化以及缺乏深度。相比之下,《牡丹亭》则是一曲女儿的赞歌,着重体现在女性自我意识的觉醒,其形象的丰满、细腻,深入人心。分析两部作品中女性形象的鲜明对比,揭示了造成这种现象的原因为成书过程不同、文化背景不同以及作者素养不同。

Water Margin created many male heroes, but in the description of the female it has revealed a lot of shortcomings, mainly refleeted in the prejudice against women and categorization and lack of depth of female image creation. The Peony Pavilion is a eulogy of women, which focuses on the awakening of women＇s self - consciousness, and their image is deeply rooted in the hearts of readers. Through the analysis of the female images in the two works, we can find that the different process of writing, the different cultural background and the different accomplishment of the authors lead to this phenomenon.