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黑龙江外国语学院2012-2013学年第1学期Term12012-20123AcademicYearHeilongjiangInternationalUniversity第1页共6页AStudyintoFeministConsciousnessofTheStoryofanHourAbstract：AccordingtointerpretationofthesocialbackgroundoftheAmericanSouthattheendofthe19thcenturyandtheKateChopin’slifeexperienceintheillustrationofthetextandanalyzethehistoricalbackgroundoftheleadingrole’sselfconsciousness,uncoveringAmericansocietyignoredthevalueofwomenandtheshacklesofafreespirit.Withthehelpoftheanalysisofthewritingtechnique,wecanbetterunderstandthethemeoffreedomanddeathinthestory.Keywords:Women’sconsciousness;KateChopin;TheStoryofanHourI.IntroductionKateChopinisoneofAmerican’smostimportantwomenwritersofthe19thcentury.Hisrepresentativework“Awakening”isrecognizedforperformancepioneeroffeministthought.“TheStoryofanHour,”publishedin1894,isaboutiqueinChopin’sshortstory.Inthisnovel,ayoungwomanlearnedthatherhusbanddiedinarailwayaccident.Sheweptreturnedtotheroom.Slowly,shebegantorealizetheirsoulchanges:“shewhispered,‘free,free,free!’...sheknowinspentalongtimeafterthepain,shewillcompleteherown.”Then,withoutwarning,shedidnottakethetrain’shusband,openthedoorcamein.Whenshesawhim,herheartstopsbeating.Aroundhereveryonethinksshewashappywilllikethis.Isshereallyhappytohearthenewsthatherhusbandisdead?Thisarticleisafeministnovel.Malechauvinistledtosexualinequality,feminismadvocatesalsoshouldavoidtooextremetendency(suchasnoveltranscendenceofmalefantasy).Weevenwesternsocialfeminismandtheultimategoalofequalityforall(realsenseofequality).Notanypartysurpassedandsuperior.II.ThesocialbackgroundofFeministConsciousness黑龙江外国语学院2012-2013学年第1学期Term12012-20123AcademicYearHeilongjiangInternationalUniversity第2页共6页Overall,theUnitedStatesinthe19thcentury,legal,religiousandtraditionalpracticesstrictrestrictionsonwomen,especiallySouthernwomen’srights.Theycouldnotvote,cannotmaketheirvoicesheardinthepoliticalsphere;mostoftheworkrefusedtohirefemalestaff,themajorityofwomencanonlyperformhouseholdchores;proportionofeducatedwomenisfarlowerthanthatofmen.Ethical,Southernwomenaremoreboundandrepressed.AccordingtoSoutherntradition,womenaretheincarnationofvirtue.Theyarefullofcompassion,tolerance,patience,loyaltyobedience.Theyareboundinthemoralparadigmthrone,worshipedbyothers.Formarriedwomen,thesocietyhasgiventhemmorebondage.Forexample:manystatesexpresslyprovidethatmarriedwomenhavenorighttosigncontracts,andcannotownproperty,cannotevendisposeoftheirownincome.Whateverthereason,ifthecoupledivorce,thewifecannotgetcustodyofthechildren.Theperfectwifeshouldbesubmissive,gentle,pious,andthereforenotsuitableforthecomplexandvolatilepoliticalandbusiness,thebestchoiceisawife,mother.Fromthemid-19thcentury,Americansocietyhasexperiencedethnicconflicts,theCivilWar,theabolitionofslaveryandthehighlydevelopedcapitalisteconomy,people’sthinkinghasalsohappenedunprecedentedtransformation.Thewomenbeganquestioningtraditionalpracticesimposedontheroleofawoman,issuedachallengetothevaluesofthepatriarchalsociety.Northernwomenfirstbegantofightforequalrightstowork,education.Theybelievethatwomenandmenshouldbeequalaccesstopolitical,economic,religiousstatus,whichcompletelychangedtheideologicalbuiltinthemaledominatedsociety.TheCivilWarandtheabolitionofslaverygreatlychangedpeople’sideology,thenortherngrowingfeministmovementgraduallypenetratedintothepoliticalandeconomicactivitiesintheSouth,Southernwomenalsobegantodemandworkandeducation.Theycalledforsocialreform,togetridoftheshacklesofwomen’sstereotypesinapatriarchalsociety,againsttherulesandprohibitionsimposedbysociety.Moreandmorewomenwithhighsocialstatusareknockingatthedoortothecareerwhichamanwhoonceruled.Womenbegantomoveoutoftheshadowoftheman,inallaspectsofsociallifeasanindependentindividual.KateChopinisawriterofthisera.Ofcourse,herfeministideologyisinextricablylinkedwithherfamilyenvironment.Shewasbornin1850inSt.Louis,Missouri.HisfatherisIrishdescentandhismotherwasFrenchdescent.Whenshewasfiveyearsold,hisfatherdiedinan黑龙江外国语学院2012-2013学年第1学期Term12012-20123AcademicYearHeilongjiangInternationalUniversity第3页共6页accidentwhentraveling.Sincethen,theyoungKate,wholivedwithawidowedmother,agrandmotherandhergrandmother.Theirwisdom,independentandstrong,hadatremendousimpactfortheKatecharacterandfuturecreation.Katehasbeengenderequalityineducationandtheimpactoffeministideasinthisfamily.Intheprocessofgrowingup,sheshowedastrongrebellion,andoutoftunewiththesocialrequirementsforwomen.Atage20,KatemarriedOscarChopinwhowasborninarichfamily.OscarChopinappreciatesKate’ssenseofindependenceandintelligenceverymuch,doublyrespectedherconceptoffreedomandequality.Unfortunately,propermiddle-aged,OscarChopindiedofmalaria,Katebeganhisliterarycreationintheshort-termmanagementofherhusband'slegacybusinessandwasagreatsuccess.Inherworks,Katecontinuestoexploretheideaofwomenliberationroad,challengetheconceptofequalityandpursuitindividualfreedom.Thisfreedomisnotjustphysicalliberation,andspiritualindependenceandresistanceforthefeudalconceptinthemaledominatedsociety.“TheStoryofanHour,”whilenotdirectlyaccountabletothereaderthesocialba