a study of the storm from the perspective of eco―feminism

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1、AStudyofTheStormfromthePerspectiveofEco―feminism　　天津外??语大学　　【Abstract】TheStormwaswrittenbyKateChopin.Thestudyfindsthatthisstoryreflectstheprocessoffemaleawarenessoftheiridentityandindependentspiritappertainingtothesituationofnatureundertherestrainofthepatria

2、rchalsociety.　　【Keywords】KateChopin；femaleawareness；eco-feminism　　1.Introduction　　Eco-feminismwasfirstintroducedbyFrancoised’EaudoneinherbookLeFeminismouLaMort（FeminismorDeath）publishedin1974，whichisthecombinationofthewomen’sliberationandtheecologicalmovemen

3、t.Eco-feministsbelievethatthefemaleandnatureholdthesamepositioninamaledominatedworld.Itattemptstoexploreaspecialrelationshipbetweenwomenandnature.Meanwhile，ittriestopromoteanewrelationbetweenwomenandnatureharmoniouslycoexistingwitheachother.（M.H.Abrams，2004：

4、135）　　2.Bobin?tandAlcée’sEscapefromNature　　IntheopeninglinesofTheStorm，thedepictionofnatureiscoveredbythedepressedambience，featuredasstillleaves，sombercloudsandasullen，threateningroar，whichextendsusasenseofterror.Besides，itisthestormthatdetersBobin?tfromretu

5、rninghome.Inthissense，thestormisahindrancetoBobin?t，whichindirectlyleavesroomforCalixta’sfreedomathomeandherextramaritalaffair.　　TomentionAlcée，theothermalecharacterisalsoasanescapistfromnature-therain.Asthebigraindropsbegintofall，herodehishorseundertheshelt

6、erofasideprojection.　　3.Calixta’sAffinitywithNature　　Theauthordisplaysthescenepriortothecomingofthestorm，whichcanbeinterpretedasthevoiceofherowndepressionofhermarriage.Whenherpreviousloverfindsashelterinherhouse，theauthorshowsusnaturea“Therainbeatuponthelow，

7、shingledroofwithaforceandclatterthatthreatenedtobreakanentranceanddelugethemthere”.Thevoiceofnatureparallelswithhersexualdesire.Chopincraftilywieldsthepowerofnaturetoexpressfemales’aspirations.Therefore，itisnaturaltosaythatfemalesinbornwiththesimilarityandaf

8、finitywithnature.Thehowlingstormisthevoiceofherrestrictedsexualdesireunderthispatriarchalsociety.　　Thevividandartisticdescriptionoftheirsexualprocessisasbeautifulandglamorousacreamylily.Flowerfi