Zhang Ailin created so many various kinds of female charaters in her novels;females who own distinct characters and identities just have similar fates and struggles.This paper tries to probe into the similar fates and...Zhang Ailin created so many various kinds of female charaters in her novels;females who own distinct characters and identities just have similar fates and struggles.This paper tries to probe into the similar fates and struggles of two heroines with different identities in the same social background by analysing the novel Gimmal and Crumbs of Agalloch Eaglewood-the First Incense Burner from perspective of feminism.展开更多
The classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast has been interpreted by different writers and into various forms of media for centuries.The following discussion draws on three versions of the tale.One of them is the first ...The classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast has been interpreted by different writers and into various forms of media for centuries.The following discussion draws on three versions of the tale.One of them is the first known version of Beauty and the Beast—"Cupid and Psyche"in Apuleius’s The Golden Ass from the second century.In this story,Psyche is the beautiful daughter whereas her bridegroom Cupid is the"beast"in rumours.Another version in discussion is the best known version to Angelo-American audiences,published in Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s book for young women,Le Magasin des enfants in 1756.And the last is Angela Carter’s modern version in 1993.This discussion focuses on the ways in which those writers use"the beast"fantasy to comment on female psychology,status and agency in their own societies.展开更多
Are Chinese female more easily blamed than male because of transgressions?To find the answer of this question,we designed an experiment.The hypothesis was:women are more constrained by social norms than men in China.C...Are Chinese female more easily blamed than male because of transgressions?To find the answer of this question,we designed an experiment.The hypothesis was:women are more constrained by social norms than men in China.Chinese have clear expectations to how people should act,and norms apply to women.However,perhaps these expectations might be mitigated when Chinese go abroad and exposed to more culturally looser countries.Moreover,these effects might increase with the longer exposure.In this experiment,we compare people’s attitudes to identical men and women behavior.We mainly hypothesis that(1)There is Greater exception of conformity for women and strevter judgement against women in China.(a)Students study in a culturally looser country have less gender bias toward women.(b)Longer time abroad(in a culturally looser country)mitigate gender bias toward women.(2)Chinese language promotes the formation of expectations to women’s behaviors.展开更多
In the novel The Great Gatsby,three main female characters(Daisy Buchanan,Myrtle Wilson and Jordan Baker)each presents women with different social status in American’s Jazz Age.By analyzing these three characters,rea...In the novel The Great Gatsby,three main female characters(Daisy Buchanan,Myrtle Wilson and Jordan Baker)each presents women with different social status in American’s Jazz Age.By analyzing these three characters,readers could realize how the helplessness of the female characters contributes to their broken conscience and a further tragedy in that era.Moreover,the stereo situation of American society in theJazz Age is along vividly symbolized.展开更多
The Singing Lesson is one of Katherine Mansfield's excellent short stories.Same with her other love stories,Mansfield still adds a pessimistic tone to love in this work.The heroine does not hold an equal status in...The Singing Lesson is one of Katherine Mansfield's excellent short stories.Same with her other love stories,Mansfield still adds a pessimistic tone to love in this work.The heroine does not hold an equal status in the relationship with her fiancé,and her blind choice will bring her inevitably a failing marriage.However,the essential cause of her tragic fate is not her shallow and foolishness,but the heavy oppression of a patriarchal society.Via the analysis of the heroine's dramatic performance in the singing lesson,this paper reveals the misfortune of the heroine in love and her coming marriage,and the deep harm the patriarchy society did to females' existence and their spirits.展开更多
文摘Zhang Ailin created so many various kinds of female charaters in her novels;females who own distinct characters and identities just have similar fates and struggles.This paper tries to probe into the similar fates and struggles of two heroines with different identities in the same social background by analysing the novel Gimmal and Crumbs of Agalloch Eaglewood-the First Incense Burner from perspective of feminism.
文摘The classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast has been interpreted by different writers and into various forms of media for centuries.The following discussion draws on three versions of the tale.One of them is the first known version of Beauty and the Beast—"Cupid and Psyche"in Apuleius’s The Golden Ass from the second century.In this story,Psyche is the beautiful daughter whereas her bridegroom Cupid is the"beast"in rumours.Another version in discussion is the best known version to Angelo-American audiences,published in Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s book for young women,Le Magasin des enfants in 1756.And the last is Angela Carter’s modern version in 1993.This discussion focuses on the ways in which those writers use"the beast"fantasy to comment on female psychology,status and agency in their own societies.
文摘Are Chinese female more easily blamed than male because of transgressions?To find the answer of this question,we designed an experiment.The hypothesis was:women are more constrained by social norms than men in China.Chinese have clear expectations to how people should act,and norms apply to women.However,perhaps these expectations might be mitigated when Chinese go abroad and exposed to more culturally looser countries.Moreover,these effects might increase with the longer exposure.In this experiment,we compare people’s attitudes to identical men and women behavior.We mainly hypothesis that(1)There is Greater exception of conformity for women and strevter judgement against women in China.(a)Students study in a culturally looser country have less gender bias toward women.(b)Longer time abroad(in a culturally looser country)mitigate gender bias toward women.(2)Chinese language promotes the formation of expectations to women’s behaviors.
文摘In the novel The Great Gatsby,three main female characters(Daisy Buchanan,Myrtle Wilson and Jordan Baker)each presents women with different social status in American’s Jazz Age.By analyzing these three characters,readers could realize how the helplessness of the female characters contributes to their broken conscience and a further tragedy in that era.Moreover,the stereo situation of American society in theJazz Age is along vividly symbolized.
文摘The Singing Lesson is one of Katherine Mansfield's excellent short stories.Same with her other love stories,Mansfield still adds a pessimistic tone to love in this work.The heroine does not hold an equal status in the relationship with her fiancé,and her blind choice will bring her inevitably a failing marriage.However,the essential cause of her tragic fate is not her shallow and foolishness,but the heavy oppression of a patriarchal society.Via the analysis of the heroine's dramatic performance in the singing lesson,this paper reveals the misfortune of the heroine in love and her coming marriage,and the deep harm the patriarchy society did to females' existence and their spirits.
