An Analysis of Hawthrones The Birth-Mark From Feminist Perspective文献综述

 2022-09-08 12:06:14

An Analysis of Hawthornersquo;s The Birth-Mark from Feminist Perspective

摘要：Following are mainly about the literature researches on Hawthornersquo;s The Birth-Mark from all kinds of aspects, such as the perspective of feminism, the exploration of Hawthornersquo;s attitude toward female, the analysis of Georgianarsquo;s tragic reason and the perspective of ecological feminism. And then in the paper I intend to analyze The Birth-Mark from a feminist perspective mainly from three parts: first part makes a brief introduction, which mainly introduces the background of the writer and literature review and makes a synopsis of The Birth-Mark. The second part is body, which includes three chapters and analyzes The Birth-Mark from a feminist perspective: chapter one analyze femalersquo;s society status in such a male-dominated society. Chapter two analyze femalersquo;s attitude in marriage. Through this short story, it shows that female compromise easily in marriage. Chapter three mainly explores protagonistsrsquo; desire of pursuing perfection. This thesis aims to interpret The Birth-Mark from the feminist point of view, to explore the reason of why the heroine accepted fatal experiment or why the hero undertake fatal experiment, so as to advocate cherishing todayrsquo;s feminist situation and keeping the awakening of women awareness.

关键词：The Birth-Mark perspective feminism tragic character

一、文献综述

The study of Nathaniel Hawthorne looms so large in west literature. As early as in 1836, Park Benjamin first published a critical commentary on Hawthornersquo;s work in New England Magazine. There were a great number of studies and monographs sprang up with the publishment of Hawthornersquo;s American Note in 1836.[1]

Different scholars study his works from different views, therefore, reach different conclusions. The Birth-Mark talked the psychological influence in sexual relations, similar to his other writings in the Old Manse. (Brenda, 2001:26)Shannon Burns and David Van Leer think it mainly tells about the sources of alchemy in The Birth-Mark, and they believe that Aylmerrsquo;s scientific opinion is connected with alchemy. We can see the thought from the sentence: “ascend from one step of powerful intelligence to another, until the philosopher should lay his hand on the secret of creative force, and perhaps make a new world for himself”. (Hawthorne the Birth-Mark) In A Study in the Devil Archetype, Stein and William probe the story from its theme “the ruthless courses of the nineteenth century.” Askew and Melvinrsquo;s make an interpretation on The Birth-Mark focus on the relationship between “maturity and immaturity, or that between Platonism and Christian authoritarianism”. Chen Rung considered that Hawthornersquo;s work showed a unique view of feminism, thinking it as a murder story rather than a pursuit for perfection in her thesis Docile Mind and Subversive Body (2004). Li Yankee and Liang Qian (2012) made an exploration of Hawthornersquo;s attitude to science. Wang Jing probed into this story from the view of marriage and explores the tragic reasons of Georgina. Li Fangfang discussed the conflict between good and evil in human nature from the perspective of inherent sin and scientific rationality. Peng Zhenzhu study The Birth-Mark from the perspective of ecological feminism to analyze the things happened to womenrsquo;s body. Fu Yushan has a deep understanding of The Birth-Mark through analyzing the character of Aylmer, the hero of the novel and Georgina, the heroine of the novel.

This paper aims to analyze Georginarsquo;s tragic destiny from the perspective of feminism from three aspects: the status of women in society, the compromise of female in marriage and the pursuing of perfection.

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