杰克∙伦敦作品中女性人物形象及伦敦女性观研究_英语论文

A Study of Jack London’s Female Characters and London’s Views on Women

摘要

杰克伦敦是美国著名的现实主义作家。从1900年起，他出版了许多短篇和长篇小说，他的作品通常带有社会主义和个人主义的思想。同时，他对于性别问题十分感兴趣并且做了许多的研究。《海狼》讲述了一段发生在海上的冒险故事，带领读者感受自然和人性的冷酷。《马丁伊登》是伦敦的自传体小说，讲述了一位未受教育的水手为了追求爱人，开始阅读书籍，自学知识，努力成为作家的故事。本文主要从杰克伦敦所塑造的两位女性形象入手，她们分别是《海狼》的莫德布鲁斯特和《马丁伊登》的露丝小姐，结合性别理论，探讨杰克伦敦塑造的新女性人物和19世纪中产阶级女性人物。通过分析伦敦女性人物的特点及其遭遇，本文反映了伦敦对于两种女性不同的态度和看法，从而体现了他矛盾的女性观。

关键词: 性别问题   性别理论   新女性   中产阶级女性

Abstract

Jack London is a famous American realistic writer. Since 1900, he had published a large amount of novels and short stories, which are often related to socialism and individualism. At the same time, he developed an interest in sex and had specialized on sex for many years. The Sea-Wolf tells an adventure story that happens at sea, enabling readers to learn more about nature and humanity. Martin Eden is an autobiographical novel of Jack London, and it tells a story of an uneducated sailor who learns knowledge and struggles to become a writer because of his lover. This thesis mainly focuses on two female characters, Maud Brewster in The Sea-Wolf and Ruth Morse in the Martin Eden. Combining with gender theories, this thesis will analyze Jack London’s New Woman and middle-class women of 19th century. London has quite different attitudes towards them, which reflects his ambiguous and contradictory views on women.

Keywords: sex   gender theory   New Woman   middle-class women