Doris Lessing’s To Room Nineteen portrays a female character,Susan,who was controlled under the influence of patriarchal society and never gave up pursuing self-realization.The plot’s main clues are continuously fin...Doris Lessing’s To Room Nineteen portrays a female character,Susan,who was controlled under the influence of patriarchal society and never gave up pursuing self-realization.The plot’s main clues are continuously finding a new room.In the short story,there are many images related to room or house.Such as a new flat in South Kensington,a house with a big garden in Richmond and Susan’s destination room 19.Through pursuing a personal space,Susan is seeking a sense of safety,a sense of presence and a sense of identity.It is a way of illusory redemption.Based on Elaine Showalter’s feminist criticism and Freud psychoanalysis,this paper focuses on analyzing Susan’s psychological condition and the awakening of female consciousness according to the image of room.展开更多
文摘Doris Lessing’s To Room Nineteen portrays a female character,Susan,who was controlled under the influence of patriarchal society and never gave up pursuing self-realization.The plot’s main clues are continuously finding a new room.In the short story,there are many images related to room or house.Such as a new flat in South Kensington,a house with a big garden in Richmond and Susan’s destination room 19.Through pursuing a personal space,Susan is seeking a sense of safety,a sense of presence and a sense of identity.It is a way of illusory redemption.Based on Elaine Showalter’s feminist criticism and Freud psychoanalysis,this paper focuses on analyzing Susan’s psychological condition and the awakening of female consciousness according to the image of room.
