《简·爱》与《呼啸山庄》女性意识对比探究

A Comparative Study of Feminine Consciousness in Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights

《简·爱》和《呼啸山庄》均彰显了后殖民时代女性的觉醒,作品主人公即代表了作家的意志。虽然两部作品都体现了女性独立自主的要求,表达了对以男权为主体的社会的抗争,但简·爱的抗争最终没能突破男性视角价值观的衡量,而凯瑟琳则在精神上保持了自己的那份独立,可以从简·爱、凯瑟琳二者女性意识上产生的根源以及表现来讨论其差别。

Both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights highlight women’s awakening in the post-colonial era, and the protagonists in the two works represent the writer’s will. Although both works reflect women’s requirements for independence and express their struggle against the masculinecentered society; however, Jane Eyre’s struggle fails to break through the measurement of values from males’ perspective, while Catherine keeps her independence spiritually. In this sense, the differences in Jane Eyre and Catherine’s female consciousness can be discussed from the roots and manifestations.