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1899年凯特·肖邦的女性题材小说《觉醒》的出版引起了广泛的争议。主人公艾德娜的自我意识、性意识、社会意识的觉醒促使她为了实现自己独立的精神自由而走出家庭,走向社会。而最终不为社会所承认和无法抗拒的母性使其逐步意识到了其追求自由的局限性。小说以艾德娜走向大海走向死亡走向永恒的自由而结束。
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Preface
Introduction
PartOneEdna''sAwakeningfromanObjecttoaSubject
1.1SexualAwakening
1.2SensuousAwakening
1.3AwakeningofHerPassion
1.4SocialAwareness
PartTwoEdna''sAwakeningFromIllusiontoReality
2.1DisillusionmentofRomanticLove
2.2DisillusionmentofCompleteIndividuality
2.3ASolitarySoul
2.4TheEnding
PartThreeFactorsContributingtoEdna''sAwakening
3.1Milieu
3.1.1HerFamily
3.1.2TheCreoleSociety
3.2TheFemaleFriends
3.2.1AdeleRatignolle
3.2.2MademoiselleReisz
3.3MaleCharacters''FunctioninEdna''sAwakening
3.3.1LaoncePontellier
3.3.2RobertLebrunandAlcaeArobin
Conclusion
Bibliography
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Thus,intheanalysisabove,IpresentthetwostagesthatEdnaPontellierundergoesinawakeningtoherindividualself.Inthefirststage,Ednaissearchingaimlessly,drivenbyherinnerdesireandimpulsiveforceforherindividualbeing,or,say,thedefinitionofselfandindependencebydaringanddefyingtheworldaroundher,whichshesucceedsin.ThesecondstagemainlyinvolvesEdna''sre-locatinghernewly-foundindividualityintheuniverse,byadjustingherrelationswithhersurroundingsanddiscoveringthenatureofrealfreedomandindependence,andwhat''smore,thenatureofsolitudeastheawakenedbeing.WemayreviewEdna''swholeprocessofawakeningbylookingatherfirstexperienceofleamingtoswim:sheispresumablyafraidofswimming,daresnotchallengethe"ungovemabledreadhungaboutherwheninthewater,unlesstherewasahandnearbythatmightreachoutandreassureher"(Chopin,36).(ThatismostprobablythestateEdnaisinbeforeherawakening,forsheissodependentonother''srescueatthattime.)Butatthatnight,beingnotabletoresisttheseductivesea,andunderRobert''spersistentinstruction,Edna"growsdaring".Shetriesbravelyforthefirsttime,andsoon"realizesitspowers".Sheisovertakenby"afellingofexultation",claimingtoherself"Howeasyitis!","It''snothing".Then"shewantedtoswimfarout,wherenowomanhadswumbefore";"Sheswamout,alone"(Chopin,36).ThisdepictionisthemostsimilarexperiencewithEdna''sfirst-stageawakening.Withnewlyconqueredpowerofself-searching,Ednarealizesherselfasanindividualintheuniverse.Butthelaterexperienceisnotsopleasing.Ednaover-estimatesherstrength,andsheistooambitioustogofar.
Whenshe"tumsherfaceseaward",shesuddenlyfindsoutthatitis"space"and"solitude"inthevastexpanseofwaterthatiswaitingforher,inwhichshemight"loseherself"totheunlimited.Andturningtowardstheshore,shefindspeoplewhoshehaslefttherearewaitingandsearching.Ednarealizeshersolitarypositionintheuniversebetweentheinfinitesearchingandtheunawakenedbeings.
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