The-Story-of-an-Hour赏析

黑龙江外国语学院2012-2013学年第1学期Term12012-20123AcademicYearHeilongjiangInternationalUniversity第1页共8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8页Overall,theUnitedStatesinthe19thcentury,legal,religiousandtraditionalpracticesstrictrestrictionsonwomen,especiallySouthernwomen’srights.总的来说，在十九世纪的美国，法律、宗教、传统实践严格束缚着女人，尤其是南部女人的权利。Theycouldnotvote,cannotmaketheirvoicesheardinthepoliticalsphere;mostoftheworkrefusedtohirefemalestaff,themajorityofwomencanonlyperformhouseholdchores;proportionofeducatedwomenisfarlowerthanthatofmen.她们不能投票，不能在政治上发声，大多数公司拒绝雇佣女性员工，以致大多数女人只能做一些家务琐事，而接受过教育的女性所占比例远低于那些女人。Ethical,Southernwomenaremoreboundandrepressed.AccordingtoSoutherntradition,womenaretheincarnationofvirtue.道德上讲，南美女人要受到更多的约束和压抑，根据南美的传统，女人是贞操的化身Theyarefullofcompassion,tolerance,patience,loyaltyobedience.Theyareboundinthemoralparadigmthrone,worshipedbyothers.她们充满着同情、宽容、耐心、忠诚顺从，她们束缚在榜样的王座上，被他人敬仰Formarriedwomen,thesocietyhasgiventhemmorebondage.Forexample:manystatesexpresslyprovidethatmarriedwomenhavenorighttosigncontracts,andcannotownproperty,cannotevendisposeoftheirownincome.对于结婚的女性，社会给了她们更多限制，比如说，很多国家明确规定结婚的女人没有权利签订合同，不能有她们自己的财产，甚至不能处理她们的收入Whateverthereason,ifthecoupledivorce,thewifecannotgetcustodyofthechildren.Theperfectwifeshouldbesubmissive,gentle,pious,andthereforenotsuitableforthecomplexandvolatilepoliticalandbusiness,thebestchoiceisawife,mother.无论什么原因，如果一对夫妇离婚，妻子无法拥有对孩子的抚养权。完美的妻子应该是顺从的、温柔的和尽责的，因此她们对于复杂和不稳定的政治和公司来说是不合适的，最好的选择是一个妻子、母亲Fromthemid-19thcentury,Americansocietyhasexperiencedethnicconflicts,theCivilWar,theabolitionofslaveryandthehighlydevelopedcapitalisteconomy,people’sthinkinghasalsohappenedunprecedentedtransformation.十九世纪中期，美国社会经历了民族斗争、黑龙江外国语学院2012-2013学年第1学期Term12012-20123AcademicYearHeilongjiangInternationalUniversity第3页共8页市民战争、奴隶制的废除还有资本主义经济的高度发展，人民的思想也得到了空前的转变Thewomenbeganquestioningtraditionalpracticesimposedontheroleofawoman,issuedachallengetothevaluesofthepatriarchalsociety.女性开始质问传统社会对女性的定义，发起了一个对男权社会价值观的挑战Northernwomenfirstbegantofightforequalrightstowork,education.Theybelievethatwomenandmenshouldbeequalaccesstopolitical,economic,religiousstatus,whichcompletelychangedtheideologicalbuiltinthemaledominatedsociety.南美女性第一次发起了对要求工作、受教育权利平等的斗争，她们认为女人和男人应该在政治、经济、宗教地位上平等，这些完全的改变了男权社会的思想意识形态TheCivilWarandtheabolitionofslaverygreatlychangedpeople’sideology,thenortherngrowingfeministmovementgraduallypenetratedintothepoliticalandeconomicactivitiesintheSouth,Southernwomenalsobegantodemandworkandeducation.市民战争和奴隶制的废除很大影响了人民的思想，从南美发展起来的女权运动逐渐渗入到南美的政治经济活动中，南美的女人也开始对工作和教育有了需求Theycalledforsocialreform,togetridoftheshacklesofwomen’sstereotypesinapatriarchalsociety,againsttherulesandprohibitionsimposedbysociety.Moreandmorewomenwithhighsocialstatusareknockingatthedoortothecareerwhichamanwhoonceruled.Womenbegantomoveoutoftheshadowoftheman,inallaspectsofsociallifeasanindependentindividual.她们呼吁社会改革，去摆脱在男权社会里对女性老套束缚的镣铐，反对社会强加于女性的规则和禁止。更多有较高社会地位的女人敲开了曾经限制女人的事业之门。女人开始摆脱女性的音乐，在社会生活的各方面成为独立的个体。KateChopinisawriterofthisera.Ofcourse,herfeministideologyisinextricablylinkedwithherfamilyenvironment.Shewasbornin1850inSt.Louis,Missouri.HisfatherisIrishdescentandhismotherwasFrenchdescent.Whenshewasfiveyearsold,hisfatherdiedinanaccidentwhentraveling.凯特肖邦就是这个时期的作家，当然，她的女权意识与她的生活环境有着密切的里阿尼，她生于1850年密苏里圣路易斯，她的父亲是爱尔兰人，她的母亲是法国人，在她五岁那年，她的爸爸在一起旅行中意外去世。黑龙江外国语学院2012-2013学年第1学期Term12012-20123AcademicYearHeilongjiangInternationalUniversity第4页共8页Sincethen,theyoungKate,wholivedwithawidowedmother,agrandmotherandhergrandmother.Theirwisdom,independentandstrong,hadatre