The_Story_of_an_Hour赏析

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A Study into Feminist Consciousness of

The Story of an Hour

Abstract

：

According to interpretation of the social background of the American

South at the end of the 19

th

century and the Kate Chopin’s life experience in

the

illustration

of

the

text

and

analyze

the

historical

background

of

the

leading

role

’s self consciousness,

uncovering American society ignored the value of

women and the shackles of a free spirit. With the help of the analysis of the

writing technique, we can better understand the theme of freedom and death in

the story.

Key words:

Women

’

s consciousness; Kate Chopin;

The Story of an Hour

I. Introduction

Kate Chopin is one of American’s most important women writers of the 19

th

century. His representative work “Awakening” is re

cognized for performance

pioneer of feminist thought.

“The Story of an Hour,”

published in 1894, is a

boutique in Chopin’s

short story.

In this novel, a young

woman learned

that her

husband died in a railway accident. She wept returned to the room. Slowly, she

began to realize their soul changes: “she whispered, ‘free, free, free! ’...

she know in spent a long time after the pain, she will complete her own.” Then,

without warning, she did not take the train’s husband, open the door came in.

When she saw him, her heart stops beating. Around her everyone thinks she was

happy will like this. Is she really happy to hear the news that her husband is

dead?

This article is a feminist novel. Male chauvinist led to sexual inequality,

feminism

advocates

also

should

avoid

too

extreme

tendency

(such

as

novel

transcendence

of

male

fantasy).

We

even

western

social

feminism

and

the

ultimate

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goal of equality for all (real sense of equality). Not any party surpassed and

superior.

II. The social background of

Feminist Consciousness

Overall,

the

United

States

in

the

19

th

century,

legal,

religious

and

traditional

practices

strict

restrictions

on

women,

especially

Southern

women’s

rights.

总的 来说，在十九世纪的美国，法律、宗教、传统实践严格束缚着女人，尤其是

南部女人的权 利。

They

could

not

vote,

cannot

make

their

voices

heard

in

the

political

sphere;

most of the work refused to hire female staff, the majority of women can only

perform household chores; proportion of educated women is far lower than that

of men.

她们不能投票，不能在政治上发声，大多数公 司拒绝雇佣女性员工，以致大多

数女人只能做一些家务琐事，而接受过教育的女性所占比 例远低于那些女人。

Ethical, Southern women are more bound and repressed. According to Southern

tradition, women are the incarnation of virtue.

道德上讲，南美女人要受到更多

的约束和压抑，根据南美的传统，女人是贞操的化身

They are full of compassion, tolerance, patience, loyalty obedience. They

are bound in the moral paradigm throne, worshiped by others.

她们充满着同情、

宽容、耐心、忠诚顺从，她 们束缚在榜样的王座上，被他人敬仰

For

married

women,

the

society

has

given

them

more

bondage.

For

example:

many

states

expressly

provide

that

married

women

have

no

right

to

sign

contracts,

and

cannot own property, cannot even dispose of their own income.

对于结婚的女性，

社会给了她们更多限制，比如说，很多国家明确规定结婚的女人没有权利签订合同，不

能有她们自己的财产，甚至不能处理她们的收入

Whatever the reason, if the couple divorce, the wife cannot get custody of

the

children.

The

perfect

wife

should

be

submissive,

gentle,

pious,

and

therefore

not

suitable

for

the

complex

and

volatile

political

and

business,

the

best

choice

is a wife, mother.

无论什么原因，如果一对夫妇离婚，妻子无法拥有对孩子的 抚养权。

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完美的 妻子应该是顺从的、温柔的和尽责的，因此她们对于复杂和不稳定的政治和公司

来说是不 合适的，最好的选择是一个妻子、母亲

From

the

mid-19th

century,

American

society

has

experienced

ethnic

conflicts,

the Civil War, the abolition of slavery and the highly developed capitalist

economy, people

’

s thinking has also happened unprecedented transformation.

十

九世纪中期，美国社会经历了民族斗争、市民战争、奴隶制的废除还有资本主义经济的

高度发展，人民的思想也得到了空前的转变

The women began questioning traditional practices imposed on the role of a

woman, issued a challenge to the values of the patriarchal society.

女性开始

质问传统社会对女性的定义，发起了一个对男权社会价值观的挑战

Northern

women

first

began

to

fight

for

equal

rights

to

work,

education.

They

believe

that

women

and

men

should

be

equal

access

to

political,

economic,

religious status, which completely changed the ideological built in the male

dominated society.

南美女性第一次发起了 对要求工作、受教育权利平等的斗争，她们

认为女人和男人应该在政治、经济、宗教地位 上平等，这些完全的改变了男权社会的思

想意识形态

The

Civil

War

and

the

abolition

of

slavery

greatly

changed

people

’

s

ideology,

the northern growing feminist movement gradually penetrated into the political

and economic activities in the South, Southern women also began to demand work

and

education.

市民战争和奴隶制的废除很大影响了人 民的思想，从南美发展起来的女

权运动逐渐渗入到南美的政治经济活动中，南美的女人也 开始对工作和教育有了需求

They

called

for

social

reform,

to

get

rid

of

the

shackles

of

women

’

s

stereotypes

in

a

patriarchal

society,

against

the

rules

and

prohibitions

imposed

by society. More

and more women with

high social status

are

knocking

at the door

to the career which a man who once ruled. Women began to move out of the shadow

of the man, in all aspects of social life as an independent individua l.

她们呼

吁社会改革，去摆脱在男权社会里对女性老套束缚的 镣铐，反对社会强加于女性的规则

和禁止。更多有较高社会地位的女人敲开了曾经限制女 人的事业之门。女人开始摆脱女

性的音乐，在社会生活的各方面成为独立的个体。

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Kate Chopin is a writer of this era. Of course, her feminist ideology is

inextricably

linked

with

her

family

environment.

She

was

born

in

1850

in

St.

Louis,

Missouri. His father is Irish descent and his mother was French descent. When

she was five years old, his father died in an accident when traveling.

凯特肖

邦就是这个时期的作家，当然，她的女权意识与她的生活环境有 着密切的里阿尼，她生

于

1850

年密 苏里圣路易斯，她的父亲是爱尔兰人，她的母亲是法国人，在她五岁那年，

她的爸爸在一 起旅行中意外去世。

Since then, the young Kate, who lived with a widowed mother, a grandmother

and

her

grandmother.

Their

wisdom,

independent

and

strong,

had

a

tremendous

impact

for the Kate character and future creation.

从那之后，年幼的 凯特和她的寡妇母

亲，外公外婆住在一起，他们的智慧，独立，坚强，对凯特的个性和未 来创作有了很大

的影响

Kate has been gender equality in education and the impact of feminist ideas

in this family. In the

process of growing up, she

showed

a strong rebellion,

and

out of tune with the social requirements for women.

凯特在家中要求教育上的男

女平等，受到女权思想的影响，在她成长过程中，她展现出 了很强的叛逆，与社会对女

性的要求唱反调

At age 20, Kate married Oscar Chopin who was born in a rich family. Oscar

Chopin appreciates Kate

’

s sense of independence and intelligence very much,

doubly respected her concept of freedom and equality. Unfortunately, proper

middle-aged, Oscar Chopin died of malaria, Kate began his literary creation in

the

short-term

management

of

her

husband's

legacy

business

and

was

a

great

success.

在她二 十岁那年，凯特与奥斯卡结婚了，奥斯卡出生在富有的家庭，他非常欣赏凯特的

独立感和 智慧，同时尊重她对于自由和平等的观念。不幸的是，奥斯卡中年死于疾病，

在短暂的管 理丈夫遗产的公司后，凯特开始了她的文学创作之路并取得了成功

In her works, Kate continues to explore the idea of women liberation road,

challenge the concept of equality and pursuit individual freedom. This freedom

is not just physical liberation, and spiritual independence and resistance for

the feudal concept in the male dominated society.

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