Analysis of the death of Mrs. Mallard from a feminist perspective
从女性主义视角分析马拉德夫人之死

摘要

二十世纪以来世界文坛涌现出诸多女性主义文学作家，女性题材作品不胜枚举。作家凯特•肖邦的著名短篇小说《一小时的故事》被公众视为女性主义经典文学作品。小说通过马拉德夫人在听闻丈夫死讯后经历的一系列的心理变化和冲突侧面反映了作者强烈的女性主义意识。小说中,女性生活受到压迫的根源是父权制社会意识形态。丈夫的突然离世使马拉德夫人心中渴望获得身体及精神上自由的本我显现。但短暂的美好在强大的父权制力量面前不堪一击。马拉德夫人最终用死亡来祭奠内心的自由。

Abstract

Since the 20th century, there have been many feminist literary writers in the world literary circles, and there are too many female-themed works. Author Kate Chopin's famous short story "The Story of an Hour" is widely regarded as a feminist classic. The novel reflects the author's strong feminist consciousness through a series of psychological changes and conflicts experienced by Mrs. Mallard after hearing the news of her husband's death. In the novel, the root of the oppression of women's life is the patriarchal social ideology. The sudden death of her husband brought to the fore an id in Mrs. Mallard's heart who longed for physical and spiritual freedom. But the short-lived beauty is vulnerable in the face of powerful patriarchal forces. Mrs. Mallard eventually sacrificed her inner freedom with death.