Before the Victorian era,it was rare for women to be authors and writers to fix the protagonists of their works as female characters.However,in the 19^(th)century,there was a rapid increase of women writers and emphas...Before the Victorian era,it was rare for women to be authors and writers to fix the protagonists of their works as female characters.However,in the 19^(th)century,there was a rapid increase of women writers and emphasis on feminist consciousness.Among all the works of women writers,Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights which were written by the Bronte sisters were distinctive.The Bronte sisters conveyed their feminist consciousness and described the society in their works.Both works emphasized romantic relationships as the narrative thread.By shaping the female characters in their works as self-reliant women who fought for equivalence and freedom in the era where male chauvinism occupied leadership roles,the Bronte sisters conveyed their eagerness for freedom,equality,and their feminist consciousness.This paper combines features of the Victorian era and the Bronte sisters’life experiences to analyze feminist consciousness in these two works and make comparisons between them.展开更多
As a genius Irish poet and dramatist,Oscar Wilde is one of the most disputable playwrights in the history of English lit erature.Among all his comedies,The Importance of Being Earnest fully shows Wilde's artistic ...As a genius Irish poet and dramatist,Oscar Wilde is one of the most disputable playwrights in the history of English lit erature.Among all his comedies,The Importance of Being Earnest fully shows Wilde's artistic style and comic capability.In the play,Wilde made use of all the comic factors to combine the abnormal plots,funny characters and witty language as a whole,sati rizing the severe ethics and social ills at the late Victorian age.Based on Bakhtin's carnival theory,this thesis trys to illustrate the carnival factors embodied in the importance of being earnest.展开更多
文摘Before the Victorian era,it was rare for women to be authors and writers to fix the protagonists of their works as female characters.However,in the 19^(th)century,there was a rapid increase of women writers and emphasis on feminist consciousness.Among all the works of women writers,Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights which were written by the Bronte sisters were distinctive.The Bronte sisters conveyed their feminist consciousness and described the society in their works.Both works emphasized romantic relationships as the narrative thread.By shaping the female characters in their works as self-reliant women who fought for equivalence and freedom in the era where male chauvinism occupied leadership roles,the Bronte sisters conveyed their eagerness for freedom,equality,and their feminist consciousness.This paper combines features of the Victorian era and the Bronte sisters’life experiences to analyze feminist consciousness in these two works and make comparisons between them.
文摘As a genius Irish poet and dramatist,Oscar Wilde is one of the most disputable playwrights in the history of English lit erature.Among all his comedies,The Importance of Being Earnest fully shows Wilde's artistic style and comic capability.In the play,Wilde made use of all the comic factors to combine the abnormal plots,funny characters and witty language as a whole,sati rizing the severe ethics and social ills at the late Victorian age.Based on Bakhtin's carnival theory,this thesis trys to illustrate the carnival factors embodied in the importance of being earnest.
