简·奥斯丁的“女性主义”之路——写在奥斯丁逝世两百周年之际

Jane Austen's Becoming a “Feminist” Writer:Celebrating Jane Austen's Bicentenary

女性主义批评在简·奥斯丁经典地位的确立过程中发挥了重要作用,也确立了奥斯丁的女性主义作家身份。女性主义批评视野下的奥斯丁研究涉及诸多重要话题,包括"女性写作传统"、"女性观"、"婚恋主题"等。这些话题勾勒出了奥斯丁的"女性主义"之路,不仅与18世纪的英国女性有关,也与当代女性身份建构有关,更事关当代两性社会的发展与走向,关注与探讨这些议题意义深远。

Feminist criticism plays an important role in positioning Jane Austen as a Canonical writer,and defines her as a feminist writer.Feminist criticism of Jane Austen covers various topics,including the tradition of women's writing,the ideal of womanhood and marriage plot.These topics not only concern the 18^th century British women but also involve the identity construct of modern women.In the long run,they also relate to the direction where the human society moves towards.In this sense,it shall be a meaningful attempt to figure out how Jane Austen has become a feminist writer in the past two hundred years since her death in 1817.