This paper analyses the three main female characters in Frankenstein from feminism.Their miserable fortunes and experiences demonstrate their oppression under patriarchy ideology.However,as suppressed object and vulne...This paper analyses the three main female characters in Frankenstein from feminism.Their miserable fortunes and experiences demonstrate their oppression under patriarchy ideology.However,as suppressed object and vulnerable group,they exert great influence on males and their family,even determine their destinies.Female's power in patriarchal society is stressed.展开更多
Social discrimination of races and racial oppression in American colonial history had deep devastating impact on Afro-Americans.Their true identities were shattered and the truth of their existence was constructed for...Social discrimination of races and racial oppression in American colonial history had deep devastating impact on Afro-Americans.Their true identities were shattered and the truth of their existence was constructed for them by the so-called superior white American race.Afro-Americans’struggles for recognition had been started since the moment racial oppression took place and United States might profess now to be agenda-free but contemporary Afro-American literature does not say so.Critical Discourse Analysis and Critical Race Analysis of Toni Morrison’s work manifests that Afro-Americans are still struggling for their recognition and their place in the white US society;she delineates their pain of going through the continuous identity-formation process that how white American society still make them finding escapes because of their dark skin tone and put them in need to prove them to be worthy of living in America.Her writing has helped analyze Afro-American subjectivation through a series of socio-psycho conceptualizations.Frantz Fanon’s work on western colonial racial oppression and identity crisis of blacks has helped analyze what traumatic culture Afro-Americans faced.His work sheds light on that disrespect and contempt experiences of blacks in personal and collective terms which they have been facing under the rule of white supremacy.Morrison’s fiction and Fanon’s“socio-psychopolitics”—his critical psychological approach analyzes the identity crisis that functions betwixt sociopolitical and psychological realms—have yielded the analyses of how manipulative power of“Racial Politics”actualizes its agendas.Morrison’s work demonstrates how historical trauma of turning Afro-Americans into stereotypical subjects still prevails in the blacks living in the contemporary racist and prejudiced white America while Fanon’s work gives a vast and detailed framework of analysis;his work consists on intersectionality and psychopolitical violence which have been forcing blacks to turn their identities into whiteness by accepting blackness as if it is evil.展开更多
The importance of diaspora identity has grown in recent years as the world becomes more interconnected and diaspora individuals are increasingly involved in matters among different ethnics.The Grass is Singing by Dori...The importance of diaspora identity has grown in recent years as the world becomes more interconnected and diaspora individuals are increasingly involved in matters among different ethnics.The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing is considered one of the most outstanding works of literature after World War II.Interest in ethnic identity has been heightened.The book is recognized as an introspective reflection of the spiritual crisis suffered by diaspora people and societal crises of the time.The thesis will examine the oppression imposed by dominant white group by exploring the transformation of diasporic white individuals’identity.展开更多
Wuthering heights, it lines with Heathcliff's love, hatred, revenge and awakeness. This paper will analysize the root of Heathcliff's tragedy and draw a rather balanced conclusion from the aspect of morality. ...Wuthering heights, it lines with Heathcliff's love, hatred, revenge and awakeness. This paper will analysize the root of Heathcliff's tragedy and draw a rather balanced conclusion from the aspect of morality. On one hand, he is a devil of his crazy,unreasonable revenge on others; on the other hand, he is a hero from the aspect of humanity because he insists in pursuing true love and never submits to the adversity. His life tragedy reveals the viciousness of the society and lashes the harm of spirit from the social sense of hierarchy.展开更多
In Toni Morrison’s controversial novel Sula,she mainly deals with the issue of black women. With the guide of black feminist perspective of Barbara Smith,i.e. the politics of race and the politics of sex,the female b...In Toni Morrison’s controversial novel Sula,she mainly deals with the issue of black women. With the guide of black feminist perspective of Barbara Smith,i.e. the politics of race and the politics of sex,the female bonding is an efficient approach to the analysis of women’s problem. Men are excluded from the women’s bonding which has many forms and functions.展开更多
The hares in Hotel du Lac refer to those women who appear to be successful in patriarchal society,but actually,like the tortoises,they are also"relative beings","the Other","the object"in...The hares in Hotel du Lac refer to those women who appear to be successful in patriarchal society,but actually,like the tortoises,they are also"relative beings","the Other","the object"in nature,even to a higher degree.In contrast with the tortoises who are forever thirsty in soul,the hares are always thirsty in flesh and blood.Apart from being the second sex,they have been changed into"woman"the symbol by patriarchy and its adherents and executors.展开更多
John Steinbeck(1902-1968) is a famous American novelist. The Chrysanthemums was considered to be one of his finest short stories which has become progressively more influential in gender studies during the following d...John Steinbeck(1902-1968) is a famous American novelist. The Chrysanthemums was considered to be one of his finest short stories which has become progressively more influential in gender studies during the following decades. As the protagonist, Elisa unfolds herself in front of the readers about her rebellion and submission to the reigning patriarchal ideology. In the paper, I try to present Elisa's mind journey in a male-dominating society, using gender studies analysis. The theme of this story is to describe women's position in a male-centered and controlled culture. In order to give a most justifiable analysis of the theme of this short story, I base my study of Elisa's mind journey on the prospective of gender studies.展开更多
The Yellow Wallpaper, as one of well-know feminist works, speaks out the woman's longing for freedom and independence from the male- dominated society. What's more, it has attracted millions of readers due to ...The Yellow Wallpaper, as one of well-know feminist works, speaks out the woman's longing for freedom and independence from the male- dominated society. What's more, it has attracted millions of readers due to the author's unique writing technique: symbolism. This thesis makes an analysis on the symbolism in The Yellow Wallpaper, and the influence of symbolism on this novel.展开更多
This essay tries to, from the eco-feminism perspective, criticize the male oppression toward the female and nature, analyze the crisis of the male rule caused by the resistance from the nature and women in Hemingway&#...This essay tries to, from the eco-feminism perspective, criticize the male oppression toward the female and nature, analyze the crisis of the male rule caused by the resistance from the nature and women in Hemingway's The short happy life of Francis Macomber, and advocate the harmonious co-existence between man and nature, men and women.展开更多
Applying feminist theory,this thesis aims at dissecting the process of the protagonist Celie in Alice Walker's The Color Purple,her pursuit of woman subjective selfhood through the perspective of sisterhood.It dis...Applying feminist theory,this thesis aims at dissecting the process of the protagonist Celie in Alice Walker's The Color Purple,her pursuit of woman subjective selfhood through the perspective of sisterhood.It discusses how Celie manages to get rid of the racial and sexual oppressions,and finally successfully grow from a woman who lacks of self identity to a woman with complete subjective selfhood consciousness under the influence of sisterhood from Sophia,Shug,and Nettie.展开更多
V.S.Naipaul is a Trinidadian-British writer,who is a remarkable immigrant writer in the world literature.He wrote many works throughout his life,including A House for Mr.Biswas,Miguel Street,In a Free State,A Bend in ...V.S.Naipaul is a Trinidadian-British writer,who is a remarkable immigrant writer in the world literature.He wrote many works throughout his life,including A House for Mr.Biswas,Miguel Street,In a Free State,A Bend in the River,The Enigma of Arrival and so on.With Kazuo Ishiguro and Salman Rushdie,they are dubbed as the three great immigrants in the English literature.From the perspective of feminism,this paper focuses on the study of female images in his first novel,The Mystic Masseur.These female images in the third-world are dominated by the double oppression:patriarchy and colonial culture.And in this process,they lose their voice and have an inferior social status because of economic and other elements,making them become the subordinate of the subordinate.The paper analyzes the reasons for the oppression upon these women and is intended to reveal the deeper connotation that embedded in this novel.That is to say,it provides valuable enlightenment to modern women.展开更多
For many years,the significance of women has always attached to men.They have been on the margin of the society where men were regarded as dominators for centuries.So in the form of literature,Charlotte Perkins Gilman...For many years,the significance of women has always attached to men.They have been on the margin of the society where men were regarded as dominators for centuries.So in the form of literature,Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses the simple but deeply meaningful plot of The Yellow Wallpaper to expose gender discrimination and oppression in the 19th century,and wom en’s dream of seeking for freedom for centuries.展开更多
A Rose for Emily is an excellent short story by American author William Faulkner in the 20th century.It is about the tragic fate of the aristocratic lady Emily.This paper analyses the reasons of Emily's tragedy,he...A Rose for Emily is an excellent short story by American author William Faulkner in the 20th century.It is about the tragic fate of the aristocratic lady Emily.This paper analyses the reasons of Emily's tragedy,her awakening and the failure of her revolt from a feminism perspective.展开更多
The Joy Luck Club is about the living experiences of four pairs of mothers and daughters which shows a mysterious Chinato western countries. Mothers had unforgettable sufferings in Chinese feudal society. Ecofeminists...The Joy Luck Club is about the living experiences of four pairs of mothers and daughters which shows a mysterious Chinato western countries. Mothers had unforgettable sufferings in Chinese feudal society. Ecofeminists consider that the oppression onnature are linked to the oppression on women. Thus, solving ecological crisis is connected with female liberation. The author of thispaper tries to find out the link between women and nature and to explore the indications which women get from nature. It also commits to building a society where people and nature can co-exist harmoniously.展开更多
Since its publication, Charles W·Chesnutt's first novel The House Behind the Cedars has drawn great attention, mostly because of the heroine's tragic end, the issue of passing for white, miscegenation and...Since its publication, Charles W·Chesnutt's first novel The House Behind the Cedars has drawn great attention, mostly because of the heroine's tragic end, the issue of passing for white, miscegenation and other race problems involved. It is the oppression from males and the prejudice from the whites that results in the heroine's tragic fate.展开更多
Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella about an American girl by Henry James; This paper, based on the textual analysis of the novel is an effort to study the tragic fate of heroine and its reason through a comparative study...Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella about an American girl by Henry James; This paper, based on the textual analysis of the novel is an effort to study the tragic fate of heroine and its reason through a comparative study of it. Two common reasons of the tragic destiny will be discussed in the paper: one, the oppressive environment; the other, the hero's inaction.展开更多
As a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20 th century, Kate Chopin explores the social role, the emotional role of women and their wants and needs in her works. Her feminism themes can not be separated from her own...As a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20 th century, Kate Chopin explores the social role, the emotional role of women and their wants and needs in her works. Her feminism themes can not be separated from her own life experiences. So based on her owning sufferings, she creates the heroin Mrs. Mallard in "The Story of an Hour". She wants to spread her feminism to the world from Mrs. Mallard. But both the author and her character reflect the oppressed feminism. Through the comparison between the author and Mrs. Mallard, the article discloses feminism can not be accepted in a patriarchal society. But both the author and Mrs. Mallard show the awakening of female consciousness.展开更多
文摘This paper analyses the three main female characters in Frankenstein from feminism.Their miserable fortunes and experiences demonstrate their oppression under patriarchy ideology.However,as suppressed object and vulnerable group,they exert great influence on males and their family,even determine their destinies.Female's power in patriarchal society is stressed.
文摘Social discrimination of races and racial oppression in American colonial history had deep devastating impact on Afro-Americans.Their true identities were shattered and the truth of their existence was constructed for them by the so-called superior white American race.Afro-Americans’struggles for recognition had been started since the moment racial oppression took place and United States might profess now to be agenda-free but contemporary Afro-American literature does not say so.Critical Discourse Analysis and Critical Race Analysis of Toni Morrison’s work manifests that Afro-Americans are still struggling for their recognition and their place in the white US society;she delineates their pain of going through the continuous identity-formation process that how white American society still make them finding escapes because of their dark skin tone and put them in need to prove them to be worthy of living in America.Her writing has helped analyze Afro-American subjectivation through a series of socio-psycho conceptualizations.Frantz Fanon’s work on western colonial racial oppression and identity crisis of blacks has helped analyze what traumatic culture Afro-Americans faced.His work sheds light on that disrespect and contempt experiences of blacks in personal and collective terms which they have been facing under the rule of white supremacy.Morrison’s fiction and Fanon’s“socio-psychopolitics”—his critical psychological approach analyzes the identity crisis that functions betwixt sociopolitical and psychological realms—have yielded the analyses of how manipulative power of“Racial Politics”actualizes its agendas.Morrison’s work demonstrates how historical trauma of turning Afro-Americans into stereotypical subjects still prevails in the blacks living in the contemporary racist and prejudiced white America while Fanon’s work gives a vast and detailed framework of analysis;his work consists on intersectionality and psychopolitical violence which have been forcing blacks to turn their identities into whiteness by accepting blackness as if it is evil.
文摘The importance of diaspora identity has grown in recent years as the world becomes more interconnected and diaspora individuals are increasingly involved in matters among different ethnics.The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing is considered one of the most outstanding works of literature after World War II.Interest in ethnic identity has been heightened.The book is recognized as an introspective reflection of the spiritual crisis suffered by diaspora people and societal crises of the time.The thesis will examine the oppression imposed by dominant white group by exploring the transformation of diasporic white individuals’identity.
文摘Wuthering heights, it lines with Heathcliff's love, hatred, revenge and awakeness. This paper will analysize the root of Heathcliff's tragedy and draw a rather balanced conclusion from the aspect of morality. On one hand, he is a devil of his crazy,unreasonable revenge on others; on the other hand, he is a hero from the aspect of humanity because he insists in pursuing true love and never submits to the adversity. His life tragedy reveals the viciousness of the society and lashes the harm of spirit from the social sense of hierarchy.
文摘In Toni Morrison’s controversial novel Sula,she mainly deals with the issue of black women. With the guide of black feminist perspective of Barbara Smith,i.e. the politics of race and the politics of sex,the female bonding is an efficient approach to the analysis of women’s problem. Men are excluded from the women’s bonding which has many forms and functions.
文摘The hares in Hotel du Lac refer to those women who appear to be successful in patriarchal society,but actually,like the tortoises,they are also"relative beings","the Other","the object"in nature,even to a higher degree.In contrast with the tortoises who are forever thirsty in soul,the hares are always thirsty in flesh and blood.Apart from being the second sex,they have been changed into"woman"the symbol by patriarchy and its adherents and executors.
文摘John Steinbeck(1902-1968) is a famous American novelist. The Chrysanthemums was considered to be one of his finest short stories which has become progressively more influential in gender studies during the following decades. As the protagonist, Elisa unfolds herself in front of the readers about her rebellion and submission to the reigning patriarchal ideology. In the paper, I try to present Elisa's mind journey in a male-dominating society, using gender studies analysis. The theme of this story is to describe women's position in a male-centered and controlled culture. In order to give a most justifiable analysis of the theme of this short story, I base my study of Elisa's mind journey on the prospective of gender studies.
文摘The Yellow Wallpaper, as one of well-know feminist works, speaks out the woman's longing for freedom and independence from the male- dominated society. What's more, it has attracted millions of readers due to the author's unique writing technique: symbolism. This thesis makes an analysis on the symbolism in The Yellow Wallpaper, and the influence of symbolism on this novel.
文摘This essay tries to, from the eco-feminism perspective, criticize the male oppression toward the female and nature, analyze the crisis of the male rule caused by the resistance from the nature and women in Hemingway's The short happy life of Francis Macomber, and advocate the harmonious co-existence between man and nature, men and women.
文摘Applying feminist theory,this thesis aims at dissecting the process of the protagonist Celie in Alice Walker's The Color Purple,her pursuit of woman subjective selfhood through the perspective of sisterhood.It discusses how Celie manages to get rid of the racial and sexual oppressions,and finally successfully grow from a woman who lacks of self identity to a woman with complete subjective selfhood consciousness under the influence of sisterhood from Sophia,Shug,and Nettie.
文摘V.S.Naipaul is a Trinidadian-British writer,who is a remarkable immigrant writer in the world literature.He wrote many works throughout his life,including A House for Mr.Biswas,Miguel Street,In a Free State,A Bend in the River,The Enigma of Arrival and so on.With Kazuo Ishiguro and Salman Rushdie,they are dubbed as the three great immigrants in the English literature.From the perspective of feminism,this paper focuses on the study of female images in his first novel,The Mystic Masseur.These female images in the third-world are dominated by the double oppression:patriarchy and colonial culture.And in this process,they lose their voice and have an inferior social status because of economic and other elements,making them become the subordinate of the subordinate.The paper analyzes the reasons for the oppression upon these women and is intended to reveal the deeper connotation that embedded in this novel.That is to say,it provides valuable enlightenment to modern women.
文摘For many years,the significance of women has always attached to men.They have been on the margin of the society where men were regarded as dominators for centuries.So in the form of literature,Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses the simple but deeply meaningful plot of The Yellow Wallpaper to expose gender discrimination and oppression in the 19th century,and wom en’s dream of seeking for freedom for centuries.
文摘A Rose for Emily is an excellent short story by American author William Faulkner in the 20th century.It is about the tragic fate of the aristocratic lady Emily.This paper analyses the reasons of Emily's tragedy,her awakening and the failure of her revolt from a feminism perspective.
文摘The Joy Luck Club is about the living experiences of four pairs of mothers and daughters which shows a mysterious Chinato western countries. Mothers had unforgettable sufferings in Chinese feudal society. Ecofeminists consider that the oppression onnature are linked to the oppression on women. Thus, solving ecological crisis is connected with female liberation. The author of thispaper tries to find out the link between women and nature and to explore the indications which women get from nature. It also commits to building a society where people and nature can co-exist harmoniously.
文摘Since its publication, Charles W·Chesnutt's first novel The House Behind the Cedars has drawn great attention, mostly because of the heroine's tragic end, the issue of passing for white, miscegenation and other race problems involved. It is the oppression from males and the prejudice from the whites that results in the heroine's tragic fate.
文摘Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella about an American girl by Henry James; This paper, based on the textual analysis of the novel is an effort to study the tragic fate of heroine and its reason through a comparative study of it. Two common reasons of the tragic destiny will be discussed in the paper: one, the oppressive environment; the other, the hero's inaction.
文摘As a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20 th century, Kate Chopin explores the social role, the emotional role of women and their wants and needs in her works. Her feminism themes can not be separated from her own life experiences. So based on her owning sufferings, she creates the heroin Mrs. Mallard in "The Story of an Hour". She wants to spread her feminism to the world from Mrs. Mallard. But both the author and her character reflect the oppressed feminism. Through the comparison between the author and Mrs. Mallard, the article discloses feminism can not be accepted in a patriarchal society. But both the author and Mrs. Mallard show the awakening of female consciousness.
