Historical studies on the character of Lily Bart in Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth have predominantly revolved around psychology,sociology,and aesthetics,yet neglecting the significance and role of the body withi...Historical studies on the character of Lily Bart in Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth have predominantly revolved around psychology,sociology,and aesthetics,yet neglecting the significance and role of the body within the narrative.Using Brooks’s concept of body writing,this paper focuses on exploring Lily’s body in three dimensions:the body of vision(self-objectification);the body of privacy(moral dilemma);and the body of modernity(overdose symbolizing the clash of science and humanity).Scrutinizing and analyzing the body writing in The House of Mirth reveal the feminist undercurrents of Lily’s character and highlight the broader and significant role of body writing in literary works.展开更多
In The House of Mirth,written by Edith Wharton,most of feminist critics emphasize the awakening process of Lily’s selfconsciousness and women’s suffering in that patriarchal society.Different from them,the paper att...In The House of Mirth,written by Edith Wharton,most of feminist critics emphasize the awakening process of Lily’s selfconsciousness and women’s suffering in that patriarchal society.Different from them,the paper attempts to equally focus on the other female characters in the novel and regard the relations between them as a whole in order to reveal that most of women,especially those from the upper-class,still fail to recognize the necessity of unity,and it’s still a long way for them to go until reach the final success.展开更多
文摘Historical studies on the character of Lily Bart in Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth have predominantly revolved around psychology,sociology,and aesthetics,yet neglecting the significance and role of the body within the narrative.Using Brooks’s concept of body writing,this paper focuses on exploring Lily’s body in three dimensions:the body of vision(self-objectification);the body of privacy(moral dilemma);and the body of modernity(overdose symbolizing the clash of science and humanity).Scrutinizing and analyzing the body writing in The House of Mirth reveal the feminist undercurrents of Lily’s character and highlight the broader and significant role of body writing in literary works.
文摘In The House of Mirth,written by Edith Wharton,most of feminist critics emphasize the awakening process of Lily’s selfconsciousness and women’s suffering in that patriarchal society.Different from them,the paper attempts to equally focus on the other female characters in the novel and regard the relations between them as a whole in order to reveal that most of women,especially those from the upper-class,still fail to recognize the necessity of unity,and it’s still a long way for them to go until reach the final success.
