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1、FemaleCastrationinAngelaCarter'sFairyTales Abstract:AngelaCarterismostfamousforherabilitytoretellstories.OneofthemostremarkablecharacteristicsofCarter'snewfairytalesisthatCarterinfusesherowncomprehensionofCastrationtheoriesintoherstories,whichchallengesFreud'stheory.S
2、heagreesthateveryoneis"castrated"andexemplifiesthisideainherfairytales. KeyWords:FemaleCastration,AngelaCarter,Freud,fairytales Whenwetalkaboutfairytales,weimmediatelythinkofsuchfamiliarstoriesasSnow-whitePrincess,CinderellaandBeautyandtheBeast.Wecaneasilyfindsomecom
3、moncharacteristicsintheprotagonistsofthesestories:firstofall,theyareallbeautifulandkind-hearted;secondly,theyareallobedienttotheirparents;lastlytheydon’thavetherighttopursuetheirownhappinessbuttowaitforsomebravementosavethemortogetthehappyendingbylivingtogetherwiththei
4、rhusbands.Itseemsthatalmostallthefairytalesareteachingchildren,especiallygirls,thataslongastheyareobedientandgood-virtued,theywillfindtheirhappinessoratleasttheywon’tgetthemselvesintotrouble.4 AngelaCarterismostfamousforherabilitytoretellstories.Oftencalled“demytholog
5、izer”,Carterhasrewrittenmanytraditionalsocialmythsandfairytales.. OneofthemostremarkablecharacteristicsofCarter’snewfairytalesisthatCarterinfusesherowncomprehensionofCastrationtheoriesintoherstories,whichchallengesFreud’stheory.Inthepatriarchalsociety,theonlywayoutfor
6、womentofindhappinessistoaccepttheirfemininityandadoremen’smasculinity.Inotherwords,inthetraditionalfairytales,femaleisunexceptionallycastrated.Andthiscastrationmakesfemalefeelinferiortomale.Forinstance,inGenesis,EveismadeofoneofAdam’sribbons,whichinfacthasdeterminedher
7、inferioritytoAdam.AndinBeautyandtheBeast,Beautyhaseverythinginherrequiredbythepatriarchalsociety:beauty,innocenceandobedienceandsheisgladtoacceptheridentityasafemalegivenbythepatriarchalsociety.Butasafeministwriter,CarterstronglyagreeswiththefeministcriticDeBeauvoirtha
8、tithasnoscientificbasistoconnectwomenwithfemininityandconnectmenwithmasculinity.InherbookTheSadeianWoman,shepointsout
