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Abstract Antonia Susan Byatt is a very distinctive and influential literary critic and feminist writer in Britain contemporary literary world. She is especially good at employing various narrative techniques through a feminist viewpoint in her short story writings. Among her works, Sugar and Other Stories is one of the most excellent collections of short stories. This collection deals with fragility of women and their shared tragic fate through various narrative techniques.41041
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This thesis attempts to analyze three short stories in Sugar and Other Stories, which are “Racine and the Tablecloth,” “Rose-Colored Teacups” and “The Dried Witch”. Through analyzing the narrative techniques from two aspects of the space and time and usage of symbols, this thesis intends to explore the techniques that Byatt uses to deconstruct the writing tradition of male center and reflect Byatt’s idea of demolishing the dominant culture of “phallus”. Moreover, it tends to reveal the depressed and tragic living situation of women under the hierarchy of paternity
From the three stories, we can see the tragic fate of women and the awakening of their self-consciousness. Women are limited in a closed space and need constant fighting. Byatt holds positive attitudes towards such fight and believes if all women participate in such fight, they can gain equality in the future. These three stories in Sugar and Other Stories entail Byatt’s best wishes and her strong appeal.
Key words: Antonia Susan Byatt Sugar and Other Stories space and time symbol
摘要安东尼娅•苏珊•拜厄特是当代英国杰出的文学批评家和女性作家。她在短篇小说中采用的女性主义叙事手法尤为精彩，其中《糖和其它故事》是最精彩的一部短篇小说集。这部小说集揭示了女性的脆弱和她们的悲惨命运。
本论文选取《糖和其它故事》中的三篇短篇小说，即《莱辛和桌布》，《玫瑰色玻璃茶杯》和《干枯的女巫》为研究对象，探讨小说中使用的女性主义写作手法。通过对三篇短篇小说中时间与空间描写，象征主义手法的运用的分析，表现男权制度下女性话语权被剥夺这一现象，探索拜厄特为解构以男性为中心的传统书写方式，颠覆“菲勒斯中心文化”所使用的写作手法。同时，本文试图揭示男权制度下女性的悲惨命运。
从这三篇短篇小说中，我们可以了解女性的悲剧命运和她们自我意识的觉醒。女性被限制在一个封闭的空间内，需要进行不断的反抗，实现自我解放。拜厄特对这种反抗持积极态度，号召所有的女性参与其中。这三篇小说包涵了拜厄特打破男权制度，实现男女平等的美好愿望。
毕业论文关键词：安东尼娅•苏珊•拜厄特 《糖和其他故事》 时空 象征手法
Contents
Abstract i
摘 要 iii
Contents v
Chapter One 1
Introduction 1
Chapter Two 5
An Analysis of Space-time Techniques 5
1. The Closed Space 5
2. The Infinite Time 9
Chapter Three 12
An Analysis of Symbolic Meanings 12
1. The Symbolic Meaning of the Characters 12
2. The Symbolic Meaning of the Objects 15
3. The Symbolic Meaning of the Scenes 17
Conclusion 20
Works Cited 21
Chapter One
Introduction
Antonia Susan Byatt is a very distinctive and influential literary critic and feminist writer in Britain contemporary literary world. Her writings win more and more attention especially after she won Booker prize in 1990 for her fifth novel—Possession. Many scholars have done a lot of research on her novels, such as Possession, The Shadow of the Sun and Angels and Insects. Apart from her achievement in novels, Byatt’s short stories are also worth reading. She has written five short story collections, including Sugar and Other Stories, The Matisse Stories, The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye, Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice and Litter Black Book of Stories. Byatt pays much attention to describing the situations of women and adopts many feminist narrative techniques.