Analysis of Scarlett O’hara on the Perspective of Feminism
华南农业大学珠江学院
毕业论文（设计）
Analysis of Scarlett O’Hara on the perspective of Feminism
蔡 颖 露
指导教师： 张婷婷 讲师
系： 外国语系 年级专业： 英语（教育）2008级
提交日期： 5月25日 答辩日期： 5月29日
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ABSTRACT Gone with the wind was published in 1936, ten years after Mitchell writing it. It got a great success and becomes one of the bestselling novels of all time. It received the 1937 Pulitzer Prize. As the first novel which depicts American Civil War from women’s perspective, Margaret focuses on the suffering from the war of those women who stay at home and their difficult journey of reconstruction. Literary critics, on the basis of their respective knowledge and understanding have given different evaluation about this novel. Most of their researcher concentrates on the historical background of American Civil War, the abolitionist though, Scarlett’s particular character and the cultural discrepancy between the North and the South. Many critics question the literary value and outdated racial issue of Gone with the Wind. Some consider the novel superficial while treated it only a simple love story. However, the author thinks that the novel is most valuable if read with an understanding of three historical backgrounds, our own, Mitchell’s, and Scarlett’s. On the base of perspective of feministic, this paper wound analyzes the awakening of female self-consciousness reflected in this novel and its positive effect on the cause of women liberation.
Key words: Gone with the Wind； Scarlett； Feminism
摘 要 《飘》于1936年出版，从开始创作到作品的出版整整经历了10年。小说一出版就获得巨大成功不仅在当时而且到现在都市最畅销的小说之一。1937年《飘》获普利策奖。
毕业论文（设计）
Analysis of Scarlett O’Hara on the perspective of Feminism
蔡 颖 露
指导教师： 张婷婷 讲师
系： 外国语系 年级专业： 英语（教育）2008级
提交日期： 5月25日 答辩日期： 5月29日
答辩委员会主席（签名）：
评阅人（签名）： 年 月 日
ABSTRACT Gone with the wind was published in 1936, ten years after Mitchell writing it. It got a great success and becomes one of the bestselling novels of all time. It received the 1937 Pulitzer Prize. As the first novel which depicts American Civil War from women’s perspective, Margaret focuses on the suffering from the war of those women who stay at home and their difficult journey of reconstruction. Literary critics, on the basis of their respective knowledge and understanding have given different evaluation about this novel. Most of their researcher concentrates on the historical background of American Civil War, the abolitionist though, Scarlett’s particular character and the cultural discrepancy between the North and the South. Many critics question the literary value and outdated racial issue of Gone with the Wind. Some consider the novel superficial while treated it only a simple love story. However, the author thinks that the novel is most valuable if read with an understanding of three historical backgrounds, our own, Mitchell’s, and Scarlett’s. On the base of perspective of feministic, this paper wound analyzes the awakening of female self-consciousness reflected in this novel and its positive effect on the cause of women liberation.
Key words: Gone with the Wind； Scarlett； Feminism
摘 要 《飘》于1936年出版，从开始创作到作品的出版整整经历了10年。小说一出版就获得巨大成功不仅在当时而且到现在都市最畅销的小说之一。1937年《飘》获普利策奖。
Bibliography: Taylor, Helen. Scarlett’s Women: Gone with the Wind and its Female Fans. New Brunswick: Rutgers.UP, 1989.