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1、KateChopinⅠ.ABriefIntroductionⅡ.LifeⅢ.MajorWorksandWritingStyleⅣ.Setting—TheStormBornKatherineO'Flaherty February8,1850 St.Louis,Missouri,UnitedStatesDiedAugust22,1904 (aged 54) St.Louis,Missouri,UnitedStatesOccupationNovelist,shortstorywriterGenresrealisticfictionNotablework(s)TheAwaken
2、ingⅠ.ABRIEFINTRODUCTIONAwomanaheadofhertimeShewasanAmericanauthorof shortstories andnovels.Sheisnowconsideredbysometohavebeenaforerunnerof feminist authorsofthe20thcentury.Shewasawomanwhosefeministviewpointswerefaraheadofhertime,whichofcoursegarneredhermorethanhershareofcriticism.Inatime
3、whenwomenwereexpectedtobehave"properly"andsexualdesirewasconsideredtobesomethingonlyexperiencedbymen,Chopinspokewithexceptionalopennessabouthumansexuality.Shelambastedsocietyforitsperpetualclose-mindednessinatimewhenrighteousnesswasconsideredtobeanattribute,andshehelpedtogeneratemoreenli
4、ghtenedattitudesamongboththewomenandmenofhertime.Backgrounds:Gender:isbothaneffectofbiologyandasocialconstruction.Inpatriarchalsocieties,thatconstructionwilltendtofavourmenoverwomen.Genderrole:referstothebehaviouralroleorqualitysociallyandculturallysanctionedformalesandfemales.Genderiden
5、tity:referstotheself-awarenessofone’sbiological,socialandculturalcharacteristics.Itistheconformationandapprovalofone’ssexualidentity.Genderidentityistheinternalisationofgenderrole,whilegenderroleistheexternalisedformofgenderidentity;botharebasedonbiologicalelements.Femininity:submissive,
6、passive,mindless,emotional,sensual,fragile,nurturing,caring,relational,domesticandetc.Masculinity:aggressive,competitive,smart,strong-hearted,tough,rational,social,independentandetc.SimonedeBeauvoirsaysinTheSecondSex:“Oneisnotborn,butratherbecomesawoman.Nobiological,psychological,orecono
7、micfatedeterminesthefigurethatthehumanfemalepresentsinsociety;itiscivilizationasawholethatproducesthiscreature."Feministconsciousness:awarenessoftheelementsthatpreventwomenfromdevelopinginthesocialinstitutionalstructure;theconsciouspursuitforpoliticalandeconomicalsubjecti
