变迁的时代不变的传统—莱辛女性观解读.pdf

C hanging A ge, U nchanged Tradition Interpretation on L essings V iew tow ards W om en W u Y u m e i A T h e sis S ub m itted in P artia l F u lfillm en t of the R equ irem ents for the D egree of M a ster o f A rts In M odern E nglish T ianjin N orm al U niversity M arch 2 0 12 A b str a ct D oris L essing is one of the m ost prom inent fem ale w riters in the tw entieth century She show s the readers a viv id p icture of w om en s life w ith her penetrating insight, profound consideration and exqu isite w riting H ow ever, w hether L essing is a fem inist or not rem ains a controversial topic M any fem in ists regard L essing s w orks as classic fem inists w orks, w h ile others think L essing has no relationship w ith fem inism L essing herself also denies her fem in ist identity In order to have a further discu ssion about the above qu estion, three of L essing s w ork s are necessary to contem p late The G olden N otebook w as pub lished in 1962 ，during the later period of the first fem inist m ovem ent, The Sum m er before the D ark w as published in 1973, during the early tim es of the second fem inist m ovem ent and The D iaries of Jane Som ers (including “T he D iary of a G ood N eighbor and “If the O ld C ou ld ”）w as pub lished in 1984 ，during the later period of the second fem in ist m ovem ent T he hero ines belong to intellectuals, hou sew ives and w orkaholics respectively A nna and M olly are representatives of free intellectual w om en in 1950s and 1960s, K ate is the representative of hou sew ives w ho got rid of fam ily and entered into society in 1970s，Jane is the representative of career w om en w ho focu sed on the pursu it of ind iv idual valu es in 1980s