《英美文学教学资料》Kate Chopin 两则故事比较.pptVIP

“A Story of an Hour”“A Pair of Stockings” By Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (1851-1904) An American regionalist writer. Born in St. Louis, Missouri Married at nineteen and went to live in New Orleans, Louisiana. The major concern: The roles of women in society and the woman’s responsibilities to her family, her community, and herself. Women’s self-realization Major works: The Awakening(1899) Bayou Folk(1894)(牛轭湖的人) “The quest for freedom is a theme that runs through much of Chopin’s writing. . . . Her forthright portrayal of women on their search for emancipation shocked many of her generation, but has gained her a large following in ours ”. Lewis Leary Terms: Regionalist writer: uses words or phrases peculiar to a particular region Gender: is both an effect of biology and a social construction. In patriarchal societies, that construction will tend to favour men over women. Gender role: refers to the behavioural role or quality socially and culturally sanctioned for males and females. Gender identity: refers to the self-awareness of one’s biological, social and cultural characteristics. It is the conformation and approval of one’s sexual identity. Gender identity is the internalisation of gender role, while gender role is the externalised form of gender identity; both are based on biological elements. Femininity: submissive, passive, mindless, emotional, sensual, fragile, nurturing, caring, relational, domestic and etc. Masculinity: aggressive, competitive, smart, strong-hearted, tough, rational, social, independent and etc. Simone de Beauvoir says in The Second Sex: “One is not born, but rather becomes a woman. No biological, psychological, or economic fate determines the figure that the human female presents in society; it is civilization as a whole that produces this creature. Feminist consciousness: awareness of the elements that prevent women from developing in the social institutional structure; the conscious pursuit