生态女性主义解析《喜福会》华裔美国女性觉醒_英语论文

An Analysis of The Awakening of Chinese-American Women in The Joy Luck Club from the Perspective of Ecological Feminism

摘要

谭恩美，负有盛名的美国华裔女作家,她被广大读者所熟知以及她的代表作《喜福会》响彻国内外。本论文着重于生态女性主义在小说中的体现，运用生态女性主义理论去研究《喜福会》中的女性包括母亲和她们的女儿在父权制社会压迫下的觉醒。本文从两方面去研究本论文的主体，一方面是女性和自然的亲近性，另一方面是女性在父权制社会中为探求自身出路所付出的努力。

关键词：《喜福会》；生态女性主义；自然与女性；父权制

Abstract

Amy Tan,a distinguished Chinese-American woman writer,is accepted by both Chinese and American readers.Her novel The Joy Luck Club is very popular at home and aboard.The thesis places emphasis on the ecological feminism embodied in the novel.The thesis tries to use the theory of ecological feminism to analyze the awakening of the women including the mothers and daughters under the patriarchy society in The Joy Luck Club.The thesis studies the proximity between human and nature and the efforts to overturn patriarchal cultural reign by the female subversive force under the patriarchal oppression from two aspects.

Keywords: The Joy Luck Club; ecological feminism; nature and women; patriarchy

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2.Literature Review 2

3. The Embodiment of Eco-feminism in the Female Characters 3

3.1 The close relationship between female and nature 3

3.2 The harmony between human and nature 5

3.3 The harmony between woman and man 5

4. The Awakening of the Mothers and Daughters 6

4.1 The women social position in the patriarchy society 7

4.2 The mishaps and the awakening of the mothers 8

4.3 The mishaps and the deeper awakening of the daughters 9

5.Conclusion 11

Works Cited 13