Based on the customs of making matches in the renaissance,this paper intends to demonstrate social restrictions imposed on women when choosing partners.Through textual analysis of Hermia’s escapement from an enforced...Based on the customs of making matches in the renaissance,this paper intends to demonstrate social restrictions imposed on women when choosing partners.Through textual analysis of Hermia’s escapement from an enforced marriage in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the duchess’s clandestine marriage in The Duchess of Malfi,more detailed explanations would be given to elucidate how those restrictions were put on women,how women reacted to them,and finally what were the consequences of their reactions.The paper will conclude that both Shakespeare and Webster,by creating progressive women carried with them a rebellious consciousness,calculated to laud the courage of women characters while also to lambaste the suffocating patriarchal society.展开更多
There have been three types of mainstream discourse relating to public understanding of women＇s employment since the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949. The first was the ＂revolutionary discourse＂ ...There have been three types of mainstream discourse relating to public understanding of women＇s employment since the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949. The first was the ＂revolutionary discourse＂ that dominated the era of the planned economy. During this period, knowledge about women＇s employment was heavily influenced by revolutionary discourse, and women were mobilized to take up positions in virtually all areas of social life. The second occurred in the transition from a planned to a market economy. During this process, knowledge of women＇s employment was constructed by a so-called ＂quality discourse,＂ which depressed women＇s wages in the course of driving them back into the home. The third important mode of discourse took place in the era of marketization, and saw knowledge about women＇s employment constructed by male-centered hegemonic discourse in an organic union between the market economy and the patriarchal system. Meanwhile, female subjectivity in regard to knowledge about women＇s employment is taking shape. At the same time, women＇s sense of autonomy in relation to understanding of employment has started to grow and exhibits self-awareness and use of the discourse of human rights.展开更多
文摘Based on the customs of making matches in the renaissance,this paper intends to demonstrate social restrictions imposed on women when choosing partners.Through textual analysis of Hermia’s escapement from an enforced marriage in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the duchess’s clandestine marriage in The Duchess of Malfi,more detailed explanations would be given to elucidate how those restrictions were put on women,how women reacted to them,and finally what were the consequences of their reactions.The paper will conclude that both Shakespeare and Webster,by creating progressive women carried with them a rebellious consciousness,calculated to laud the courage of women characters while also to lambaste the suffocating patriarchal society.
文摘There have been three types of mainstream discourse relating to public understanding of women＇s employment since the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949. The first was the ＂revolutionary discourse＂ that dominated the era of the planned economy. During this period, knowledge about women＇s employment was heavily influenced by revolutionary discourse, and women were mobilized to take up positions in virtually all areas of social life. The second occurred in the transition from a planned to a market economy. During this process, knowledge of women＇s employment was constructed by a so-called ＂quality discourse,＂ which depressed women＇s wages in the course of driving them back into the home. The third important mode of discourse took place in the era of marketization, and saw knowledge about women＇s employment constructed by male-centered hegemonic discourse in an organic union between the market economy and the patriarchal system. Meanwhile, female subjectivity in regard to knowledge about women＇s employment is taking shape. At the same time, women＇s sense of autonomy in relation to understanding of employment has started to grow and exhibits self-awareness and use of the discourse of human rights.
