In the English Restoration, the female body was a sexual object for male consumption. As De Lauretis （1987, p. 5） argued, the construction of gender is the product of its representation so that the construction of w...In the English Restoration, the female body was a sexual object for male consumption. As De Lauretis （1987, p. 5） argued, the construction of gender is the product of its representation so that the construction of woman＇s body followed those canons which encouraged patriarchal binary thought, where the feminine pole has always been regarded as the negative one. In The Rover Part I （1677） and II （1681）, Aphra Behn stressed the ideological construction of＂docile bodies＂ （Foucault, 1979, p. 137）, forcing man to recognize the lady cavalier as a thinking agent. In these plays, woman rejects male＇s stereotypes, turning over the man＇s discursive constructions. The author＇s analysis has not the pretension to solve the many contradictions of a contradictory era but it will inspect female figures in The Rover Part I （1677） and II （168 l）, in which emerges a ~＇woman irreducible to the masculine subject＂ （Irigaray, 2000, p. 125）展开更多
In this paper, I will explore Aphra Behn＇s world： spy, kept mistress and writer. She created her complex personality between myth and reality, underlining limits and contradictions of her society in her life and wor...In this paper, I will explore Aphra Behn＇s world： spy, kept mistress and writer. She created her complex personality between myth and reality, underlining limits and contradictions of her society in her life and works. In a world where woman had to be obedient she turned upside down a strict system, while remaining loyal to male libertinism. I will sketch out a brief outline of her life and works. She plays her role, assuming different positions, such as her masculine poetic gift and the labelled role of whore. This gave her access to the little but exciting world of women＇s literature. She constructed the image of the whore, becoming trader of herself. In doing this, she gained a place in society.展开更多
文摘In the English Restoration, the female body was a sexual object for male consumption. As De Lauretis （1987, p. 5） argued, the construction of gender is the product of its representation so that the construction of woman＇s body followed those canons which encouraged patriarchal binary thought, where the feminine pole has always been regarded as the negative one. In The Rover Part I （1677） and II （1681）, Aphra Behn stressed the ideological construction of＂docile bodies＂ （Foucault, 1979, p. 137）, forcing man to recognize the lady cavalier as a thinking agent. In these plays, woman rejects male＇s stereotypes, turning over the man＇s discursive constructions. The author＇s analysis has not the pretension to solve the many contradictions of a contradictory era but it will inspect female figures in The Rover Part I （1677） and II （168 l）, in which emerges a ~＇woman irreducible to the masculine subject＂ （Irigaray, 2000, p. 125）
文摘In this paper, I will explore Aphra Behn＇s world： spy, kept mistress and writer. She created her complex personality between myth and reality, underlining limits and contradictions of her society in her life and works. In a world where woman had to be obedient she turned upside down a strict system, while remaining loyal to male libertinism. I will sketch out a brief outline of her life and works. She plays her role, assuming different positions, such as her masculine poetic gift and the labelled role of whore. This gave her access to the little but exciting world of women＇s literature. She constructed the image of the whore, becoming trader of herself. In doing this, she gained a place in society.
