摘要
According to human history,there are varieties of ways through which the feminine aspect of nature faced and in many cases,overcame oppression.One of the ways this phenomenon displays itself is in the literary works that we deem as realistic and an expression of the norms and customs of the society in question.Sister Carrie and My Antonia are two such literary pieces that embody the struggles and triumphs of women in the 19th and most of the early 20th century.In creating such monumental and naturalistic adaptations,both authors are able to present the case of two migratory women from different backgrounds but confined by the norms and mannerisms of the society around them.The struggles that each of these characters undergoes is an expression of the underlying constraints that the paternal and chauvinistic society of their time places upon both women and the natural world.The eco-feminist agenda,however,gets a more elaborate representation in My Antonia than in Sister Carrie due to a variety of factors that serve to illuminate the differences between these two iconic stories.This paper makes a thorough comparison between two literary works—Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser and My Antonia by Willa Cather from the perspective of eco-feminism.
According to human history, there are varieties of ways through which the feminine aspect of nature faced and in many cases, overcame oppression. One of the ways this phenomenon displays itself is in the literary works that we deem as realis?tic and an expression of the norms and customs of the society in question. Sister Carrie and My Antonia are two such literary pieces that embody the struggles and triumphs of women in the 19th and most of the early 20th century. In creating such monu?mental and naturalistic adaptations, both authors are able to present the case of two migratory women from different backgrounds but confined by the norms and mannerisms of the society around them. The struggles that each of these characters undergoes is an expression of the underlying constraints that the paternal and chauvinistic society of their time places upon both women and the natural world. The eco-feminist agenda, however, gets a more elaborate representation in My Antonia than in Sister Carrie due to a variety of factors that serve to illuminate the differences between these two iconic stories. This paper makes a thorough comparison between two literary works-Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser and My Antonia by Willa Cather from the perspec?tive of eco-feminism.
出处
《海外英语》
2014年第24期190-192,共3页
Overseas English
