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The Imagined Women in Frank Norris’s Novels

Author: ZengZuo
Tutor: ShuQiZhi
School: Xiangtan University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Frank Norris The image of women Home angel New Woman Double temperament female
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Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2008
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Abstract


Frank Norris (1870-1902), known as the touchstone for the United States in the 19th century naturalism literary movement pioneer and cross-century American art and ideological transformation. As a writer insisted on creating derived from real life, Norris concerned about the hot issues of the role of women in society, women awakening the turn of the century, as a major theme of its work, throughout its writing career. In this thesis, three Norris novel as a text reference Norris review articles, biography, collection of letters and commentaries, to be re-examined from the perspective of feminist criticism Norris novel shape of the female, which pointed out that Norris works The image of women is complex and diverse, but in general can be divided into three types: family angel, new women, and women have double temperament. These three types highlights the formation and development of Norris's view of women. Norris hate those dependent behavior, the subordination of ignorance in terms of ideology, closed and weak character home angel image of women, their anger indisputable. At the same time, Norris also pointed out that these home angel Life is full of tragic, multiple oppression of the patriarchal society is a major factor in causing the women's tragic life. Be regarded as the object of desire of women, Norris has given a great deal of sympathy. Norris described the new image of women the angel completely different image of women in the home, the female body of the female self-awareness and personal capacity. To some extent they exhibit characteristics of strong faith, courage, strength, rationality, independence, competitiveness and wisdom. However, Norris also pointed out that: his society in which, on the one hand, the view of women in society as a whole is not as social change and change, men still adhere to traditional gender stereotypes. New women, on the other hand, discard the traditional femininity to the masculine, which means that they are no longer a male partner, Norris new awareness of women's sexual arousal and desire for expansion dissenting, that the \gender become increasingly emergent emerged to some extent. According to Norris, the shape of the new women not solve the ultimate form of gender contradictions. To alleviate the increasingly fierce gender contradictions, Norris shaped \The pen \specification \By shaping the a dual temperament image of women and make gender equality concept of complementary, Norris tried to alleviate the situation of the United States in the late 19th century of tense relations between the sexes and gender confusion in the concept. Therefore, double temperament female shape has significance ahead of its time. Norris the one hand, standing on the position of women as concerned about the fate of mankind, especially the fate of women writers, concerned about the status of women in society, description and critique of patriarchy women much oppression of the survival of the state, the misfortune of sympathy for the women, women can struggle to win same rights as men; On the other hand, he can not get rid of patriarchy its morality and restraint, to promote the depressed female sexual awareness expansion, oppose any form of female desire expansion. In addition, Norris show the inner world of the female characters, the spirit of persecution and imprisonment of thinking and other aspects of mental activity, and women are portrayed patriarchal society trump contemporary women writers. Therefore, Norris is not a feminist view of women is not feminist thinking in the modern sense, there is still a certain era and cognitive limitations.

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