on the awakening of female consciousness in a pair of silk stockings

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1、OntheAwakeningofFemaleConsciousnessinAPairofSilkStockings　　【摘要】?P特?肖邦是美国“女性文学”的第一代作家，她在19世纪末的美国社会具有重要的地位，也被现代的文学批评家们称为美国“现实主义作家的先锋者”。凯特?肖邦生活在父权专制的社会，女人一生都局限在家庭中，她们应当扮演的角色是贤妻或者良母。《一双丝袜》里的桑莫斯太太，在觉醒以前，和同时代的妇女一样，只为自己作为妻子和母亲这一身份而存在，却忘记自己作为一个自然人，也需要自然成长和自由生活。但是，由于渐渐受到外界或内心冲动的刺激，女主人公做出了一

2、些有违常规的行为，以表达自己为自己而存在的愿望！凯特?肖邦认为，女性作为母亲和妻子，虽有着家庭责任，但作为个体在社会中，更有着自我价值。凯特肖邦呼吁女性个性解放。　　【关键词】觉醒女性意识自我实现　　I.Introduction　　Untiltoday，issueslikewomen'sstatusinsocietyandfamilyandhowtheycouldachievetheiridentity，arestillthefocusofsocietyinthe21stcentury.“Asearlyasin1792，MaryWollstonecraft

3、completedthefirstfeministtheoreticalworkAVindicationoftheRightsofWomaninthehistory，whichwasaveryimportantstepinthehistoryoffeminism”.Withthedevelopmentoffeminism，womengraduallyrealizethattheyshouldhavetheequalrightstomen’sandthislaterbecomesafocusofdebateinthefeministmovement.Allt

4、hesehaveagreatinfluenceonthelaterfeminists’thinking.　　Inthe19thcentury，women'srightsmovementinAmericawassurgingforwardvigorously.Asaresult，feministtheoryincludinggeneraltheoriesabouttheoriginsofinequalityandthesocialconstructionofsexandgenderemergedfromthesefeministmovements.Femin

5、ismismainlyfocusedonwomen'sissues，andseeksforgenderequality.“Manypassionatefeministsheldtheviewthatwomenshouldbeendowedwiththesamerightsthatmenown.Womenwereasequalasman，andtheycouldobtainsocial，political，andeconomicrights”.Somefemalewriters，suchasMargaretFuller，SusanBAnthony，andEl

6、izabethCadyStanton，evenappealedintheirworksandspeechestowomentostrivefortheirindependence.Womenshouldbreakawayfromthetraditionalimagesofagoodwifeandlovingmotherinthepatriarchalsociety.　　Bornin1851，KateChopinwasanunconventionalandfamousfemalewriterintheUnitedStates.Sheplayed“averyi

7、mportantroleinAmericanfeministliteratureandmadeagreatcontributiontoAmericanliterature”.GrowinginaLouisianafamily，KateChopin’slifeexperiencehadagreatimpactonherliteraryworks.The“inconsistencybetweentrainingandexperiencecontributedtotheironyofherownhappymarriagewiththecreationofherf

8、eministfemalecharacterswhofelttra