《夜色温柔》女性人物分析研究

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Abstract Fitzgerald is one of the most important American novelists of the twentieth century. In the novel, the female theme is in the spotlight. With the awakening of feminine consciousness, female characters show their remarkable power in achieving independence and getting rid of the patriarchal control.54811

This paper is pided into two parts: feminine consciousness of self-strengthening and self-reliance and feminine consciousness against the patriarchy. The first part explores the feminine consciousness of self-strengthening and self-reliance. Those female characters pursue their economic and emotional independence through their unconventional behaviors. They get more self-consciousness to show their strong self-strengthening and self-reliance. The second part studies their feminine consciousness against the patriarchy. They not only refuse to accept the traditional definition on women, but also question and overturn the patriarchy. In conclusion, through the presentation of their female consciousness awakening, Fitzgerald reveals that the women desire to pursue freedom and dignity, and long to get rid of the patriarchal control.

Keywords: Tender Is the Night; feminine consciousness; self-reliance; patriarchy

摘要菲茨杰拉德是美国二十世纪最重要的小说家之一。同时，他也被誉为美国爵士时代的代表作家。在《夜色温柔》中，女性主题颇为引人注目。随着女性意识的觉醒，书中的女性人物展示了她们在获得独立和逃离父权控制上的非凡力量。

本文一方面通过经济和情感两方面剖析女性人物的自强自立性。女主人公们用她们非传统的行为来追寻经济上和情感上的独立。她们越强的自我意识表现出她们的自强自立性。另一方面研究书中女性人物关于父权的女性意识，表现为她们拒绝接受社会给予女性的传统定义和对父权制的质疑与颠覆。最后，作者通过她们女性意识觉醒的表现，揭露了书中女性人物对自由尊严和逃离父权控制的渴望。

毕业论文关键词：《夜色温柔》；女性意识；自强自立；父权

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

3. Feminine Consciousness of Self-strengthening and Self-reliance 3

3.1 Economic Independence 3

3.2 Emotional Independence 5

4. Feminine Consciousness Against the Patriarchy 8

4.1 Refusal to Accept the Traditional Definition on Women 8

4.2 Question and Overturn Against the Patriarchy 9

5. Conclusion 11

Works Cited 12

1. Introduction

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is one of the most important novelists in the history of America. Fitzgerald’s literary career is short but remarkable. He wrote many novels and some short stories, making him become a great novelist of the twentieth century, such as The Great Gatsby, his magnum opus, Tender is the Night, Tales of the Jazz Age, All the Sad Young Man and so on. Not only did he show vividly lots of features on social life, flavor of people’s life, people’s spiritual value, culture transformation and revolution at that time, but also he accurately described the phenomenon that the young lost themselves in a profound and plangent tone. Fitzgerald was regarded as a representative writer of Lost Generation, a Poet Laureate in the Jazz Age and a great chronicler. 源'自:751`!论~文'网www.751com.cn

Among all his works, Tender Is the Night, which Fitzgerald spent nine years on, is highly controversial. After the Critics slammed it violently for several years, Tender Is the Night finally received the support from people. Three books constitute this novel. Book One is written from the viewpoint of Rosemary Hoyt, who is a beautiful American film actress. In her eyes, Dick is a confident, charming, sociable, promising and aspiring man; his wife, Nicole, is pretty and wealthy. Book Two mainly describes Dick’s earlier life, his marriage with Nicole and introduces Nicole’s sister, Baby Warren, to us. Then the plot comes back to 1925s. At the end of Book Two, he has affairs with Rosemary and indulges in excessive drinking. Book Three is a description of the breakdown of Dick’s marriage, career and dream. Nicole recovers from her mental illness and leaves Dick to Tommy Barban, a rich officer. Finally, Dick becomes a commonplace doctor, wandering in every small town.