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1、AnalysisofRebeccaandTheRomanticuponBiographicalandFeministCriticism　　ThispapercomparestwoliteraryworksfromtheperspectivesofBiographicalandFeministCriticismapproaches.TheyareRebeccawrittenbyDaphneduMaurierandTheRomanticwrittenbyPatriciaHighsmith.　　BiographicalCriticism　　

2、AccordingtoTimGillespie，BiographicalCriticismisatime-honoredwaytoanalyzeliteraryworksinlightoftheauthor’slife，whichalsoprovidesnewwaysforonetorethinkaboutliteratureoutputsbasedontheauthor’srealexperiences.Thoughthepotentiallimitationsofposingobstaclestoone’simaginationa

3、ndappreciationtotheliteratureworksexist，biographicalcriticismiscommendablyreflectedinRebeccaandTheRomantic.　　Loneliness：AuthorsandWomanCharacters　　Borninanartisticfamily，DaphneduMaurierwasdeeplyimpressedbyartisticedification.However，herdisorderedcloserelationshipwithawo

4、manteacher，emotionalentanglementswithanotherwomanandambiguousrelationswithtwomenactorsmadeitrathertoughtoidentifyhersexualorientation.Intermsofthecomplexrelationships，itcanbesaidthatDaphnewasquitelonelyallherlife.HerlonelinesswasskillfullyadoptedbyDaphneinhernovelRebecc

5、a.Samenamewiththenovel，RebeccawasMaximdeWinter’sfirstwife.Theygotmarriedpurelyinordertomeeteachother’sbenefitsinsteadofloveandtheirmarriagewasofnomeaningatall.Foralongtime，shewasaccustomedtobelostinthedesireforvanityandpursuitofloveaffairswithothermen，livinganextravagan

6、tlifestyleandactingasasocialbutterflyinexpensiveclothesontheotherhandshowherinnerlonelinessandinanity.Sheneverhesitatedtoshowoffherbeauty.SheoncesaidtoMrs.Danversthatwhenshegrewup，shewouldsurelybecomeabeautifulwoman.ShespentlargeamountofmoneyonManderleyandchangeditfroma

7、desertedplaceintoaparadise.　　Similarly，theexperienceofPatriciaHighsmithcanberepresentedinTheRomantic.Shenevermarriedandspentthefinalyearsinanisolatedhouse，inthiscaseshewasalsolonelyinherentirelife.Thus，inTheRomantic，PatriciashapedtheroleofIsabelCraneassuchalonelywomen.I

8、sabellostherfatherattheageofnineteenandhermotherpassedawayafewyearslater.Shealsohadlostcontactwithheroldhigh-s