Louisa May Alcott is an excellent American female writer of the 19th century as well as a feminist who focuses on women and their problems.Little Women,her best known novel,is about four girls' daily lives.Through...Louisa May Alcott is an excellent American female writer of the 19th century as well as a feminist who focuses on women and their problems.Little Women,her best known novel,is about four girls' daily lives.Through description of their life,Alcott disclosed the discrimination and persecution the patriarchy society of the 19th century forced on women and pointed out a road for women to fight against the patriarchy society.The thesis demonstrated Alcott's feminism viewpoint and its embodiment in Little Women through analysis of the novel's plot and the character of the four heroines.展开更多
Jane Eyre,rebellious woman in the Victorian Age,holds her remarkable status in the English literature as the one who dare to fight against the patriarchal society.Unlike her contemporaries,Jane Eyre believes that men ...Jane Eyre,rebellious woman in the Victorian Age,holds her remarkable status in the English literature as the one who dare to fight against the patriarchal society.Unlike her contemporaries,Jane Eyre believes that men and women are born to be equal and women should never be tamed by the male-centered world or feminist ego.Under the tremendous pressure,she still guards her own dignity and determines to achieve self-actualization instead of being an accessory of men.It’s her female consciousness that lead her to be an unusual figure that enjoys both the financial self-reliance and social equality.Self-respect,selfreliance and self-actualization comprise Jane’s female consciousness that is instructive to women and worths a further exploration.展开更多
As the masterpiece of Wharton,The Age of Innocence mainly concentrates on women’s fates in the strict restraint of the New York society.In the novel,Wharton portrays two contrasting female characters—May Welland and...As the masterpiece of Wharton,The Age of Innocence mainly concentrates on women’s fates in the strict restraint of the New York society.In the novel,Wharton portrays two contrasting female characters—May Welland and Ellen Olenska,who are regarded as the most progressive ones among the female figures she has ever created.Scholars,both domestic and abroad,have studied this novel from a raft of perspectives.Most of them have explored the feminist ideas,the conventions of upper-class society,and the protagonist Newland’s perplexity which are embodied in the novel.However,this paper aims to examine the divergences between two female figures—May and Ellen.The exploration of their divergences makes it clear that May is an ideal woman of the 19th century New York while Ellen is an ideal woman of modern society.展开更多
Based on the treatise by Gerhard Bungert and Marlene Grund published in 1983,titled Karl Marx,Lenchen Demuth and the Saar,author Gisela Hoffmann,who lives in St.Wendel in the Saarland,Germany,which is the birthplace o...Based on the treatise by Gerhard Bungert and Marlene Grund published in 1983,titled Karl Marx,Lenchen Demuth and the Saar,author Gisela Hoffmann,who lives in St.Wendel in the Saarland,Germany,which is the birthplace of Helena Demuth,wrote the play“Powerful Women Around Karl Marx”.It has been performed multiple times,the latest of which is on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8,2018 in Trier,Germany.Along with presenting research on Helena Demuth as a historical person,this article will examine how Helena Demuth,as a historical and literary figure,can be said to embody a dynamic between exitus and new beginnings,changes and interferences.The article also examines how the figure of the Continuum,with the four dimensions physical(body),psychological(emotion),social(behavior),and sexual(desire),can be used to illuminate the person of Helena Demuth in all her facets,not the least of which are her connections to Jenny and Karl Marx.展开更多
文摘Louisa May Alcott is an excellent American female writer of the 19th century as well as a feminist who focuses on women and their problems.Little Women,her best known novel,is about four girls' daily lives.Through description of their life,Alcott disclosed the discrimination and persecution the patriarchy society of the 19th century forced on women and pointed out a road for women to fight against the patriarchy society.The thesis demonstrated Alcott's feminism viewpoint and its embodiment in Little Women through analysis of the novel's plot and the character of the four heroines.
文摘Jane Eyre,rebellious woman in the Victorian Age,holds her remarkable status in the English literature as the one who dare to fight against the patriarchal society.Unlike her contemporaries,Jane Eyre believes that men and women are born to be equal and women should never be tamed by the male-centered world or feminist ego.Under the tremendous pressure,she still guards her own dignity and determines to achieve self-actualization instead of being an accessory of men.It’s her female consciousness that lead her to be an unusual figure that enjoys both the financial self-reliance and social equality.Self-respect,selfreliance and self-actualization comprise Jane’s female consciousness that is instructive to women and worths a further exploration.
文摘As the masterpiece of Wharton,The Age of Innocence mainly concentrates on women’s fates in the strict restraint of the New York society.In the novel,Wharton portrays two contrasting female characters—May Welland and Ellen Olenska,who are regarded as the most progressive ones among the female figures she has ever created.Scholars,both domestic and abroad,have studied this novel from a raft of perspectives.Most of them have explored the feminist ideas,the conventions of upper-class society,and the protagonist Newland’s perplexity which are embodied in the novel.However,this paper aims to examine the divergences between two female figures—May and Ellen.The exploration of their divergences makes it clear that May is an ideal woman of the 19th century New York while Ellen is an ideal woman of modern society.
文摘Based on the treatise by Gerhard Bungert and Marlene Grund published in 1983,titled Karl Marx,Lenchen Demuth and the Saar,author Gisela Hoffmann,who lives in St.Wendel in the Saarland,Germany,which is the birthplace of Helena Demuth,wrote the play“Powerful Women Around Karl Marx”.It has been performed multiple times,the latest of which is on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8,2018 in Trier,Germany.Along with presenting research on Helena Demuth as a historical person,this article will examine how Helena Demuth,as a historical and literary figure,can be said to embody a dynamic between exitus and new beginnings,changes and interferences.The article also examines how the figure of the Continuum,with the four dimensions physical(body),psychological(emotion),social(behavior),and sexual(desire),can be used to illuminate the person of Helena Demuth in all her facets,not the least of which are her connections to Jenny and Karl Marx.
