易燕英语专业毕业论文正文{小妇人}.doc

- PAGE 0 - Analysis of Feminism in Little Women Abstract: Little Women, written by American writer Louisa May Alcott, was regarded as the classic work about women growth. It mainly tells the growing-up experiences of the four March sisters in Massachusetts New England during the American Civil War. The four March sisters cannot stand their poor life and go out to work, earn money for the family in order to lessen the pressure of their parents and pursue their economic independence, realize their self-value. A lot of experience and life experience which brought different fates make them more mature step by step and become the little women. This thesis mainly analyzes the Feminism in Little Women from the following points. It introduces the definition of Feminism and Alcott’s life especially her literary career, analyzes the characteristics of female characters in Little Women, and shows the common points of these four sisters and complicated and changing emotion between mother and daughter. It makes a conclusion: these four sisters annotate the New Woman Ideology and Feminism by strong will, kind-heart and independence. Key words: Little Women; love; independence; feminism 浅析《小妇人》中的女性主义 摘 要：美国作家路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的作品《小妇人》是一部关于女性成长的经典之作。这部小说主要讲述了美国南北战争时期马萨诸塞州马奇家的四姐妹的成长故事。小说女主人公们不满足家庭主妇式的生活， 要求走出家门、步入社会、追求经济上的独立， 渴望通过发挥自己的才智以实现自我价值。种种感情体验和生活经历所带来的不同命运使她们不断走向成熟，成为真正的小妇人。这篇论文主要介绍女性主义理论和路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的文学人生，分析《小妇人》中的女性形象;阐述女孩们的在成长过程中的共同点以及复杂多变的母女情节。最后，四个女孩用自己的坚强，善良和独立诠释出新女性的形象和女性主义。 关键词：小妇人; 爱情; 独立; 女性主义 Introduction Little Women is a novel published in 1868 and written by American author Louisa May Alcott. The story concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. It was based on Alcott’s own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts with her three sisters, Anna, May, and Elizabeth. It is the story of the Marches, a family used to hard toil and suffering. Although Father March is away with the Union armies, the sisters Meg, Jo, Amy an