Abstract
Angela Cater is one of the most representatives British female writers in the contemporary literary world.She is especially skilled in rewriting the classic fairy tales. As a supporter of the feminist movement,Carter actively participates in women’s liberation movement.And her subversively parodying classic work of traditional fairy tale in The Company of Wolves give expression to her feminist consciousness.In the process of adapting the classic fairy tales,Carter always keep in mind to follow three principles:Declaring the equality right; Promoting female's unique sex appeal;Establish a Harmonious relationship between male and female.By rewriting the classic fairy tale, Angela Carter breaks the binary opposition and boldly creates new female images. This thesis will try to expound its totally different image which is distinguishing from the male hegemony consciousness created.Carter's reconstruction of classical fairy tales reflects the progress of female's movement, and explores the solution to the conflicting bisexual relationship---Harmonious and Equality.As a result,Carter's workshas both literary values and realistic significance.
Key words:Angela Cater;The Company of Wolves;Feminist Perspective
摘要
安吉卡•卡特是二十世纪英国文坛备受瞩目的女性作家。以改写经典童话，颠覆传统意识而著称。同时，作为女权主义的支持者，卡特积极投身到妇女解放运动的潮流中。她颠覆性改写的传统童话故事《与狼为伴》，就是其女性主义意识的体现之一。作者在改写过程中遵循三个原则：主张男女权利平等；宣扬女性特有的性魅力；构建两性和谐相处的理想局面。打破了传统二元对立的模式和大胆创造出新的女性形象。本论文是从女性主义视角论述了《与狼为伴》中所体现的与以男性霸权意识下创作的完全不同的女性形象。卡特对传统童话的重构反映出女性主义运动的发展，探索了如何化解两性冲突的男女平等权力的新女性主义文学的发展方向，这具有重要的文学价值和现实意义。
关键词：安吉卡•卡特；《与狼为伴》；女性主义视角
Table of contents
Abstract 4
1. Introduction 6
1.1Angela Carter and The Accompany With Wolves 6
1.2Feminism and Carter's Feminist Ideas 11
2. An Analysis of Carter's Feminist Ideas in the Company of Wolves 13
2.1Challenge the Male Authority and Hegemony 13
2.2Ovterturn the Traditional Chastity Value and Morality Concept 15
2.3Establish a Harmonious relationship between male and female 16
3. Creative Female Image in The Company of wolves 17
3.1Realistic: Closing to life 17
3.2Intelligent: Having Female Consciousness activity 19
3.3Indepedent: Rescuing by herself 19
4. Conclusion 20
Reference list 21
1. Introduction
1.1Angela Carter and The Accompany With Wolves
Angela carter, a British woman writer, her work style is multifarious, eclectic. In addition, she is worth studying in the literary world in the 20th century, which is one of the important writers of modern English literature, namely, classic one of the prominent feminist writer. Besides that, she is good at the gothic novel, magic realism, fairy tales, the feminist point of view, and combined social reality. What is more，use their rich imagination, the classic subversion and rewrite the story, to achieve the perfect combination of traditional form and modern consciousness. Furthermore, she especially like to rewrite of the classic fairy tale, as "from the perspective of the western feminist literary criticism, fairy tale is found to adapt to the social morality of male dominance, therefore inevitable with traditional male values." The woman in the fairy tales always twisted, passively waiting for man's salvation, no independent thought and personality, just belonging to the object of man. Furthermore, classic fairy tales in depicting the fixed pattern of men's and women's image is that "man is superior, the woman, man active, passive woman; men aggressive, gentle woman, man is sadistic, woman is a masochist." In order to eliminate and overturn this pattern, exposing the hypocritical nature of fairy tale, carter throughout feminist ideas, the content of the adaptation of a fairy tale and inject strong the horrors of the gothic novel to rewrite the classic fairy tales.
Carter in the process of rewriting always follow three principles: fix existing rights tendency, make centralized edge mission; Denial of the traditional definition of a character in the original characters and endowed with a new image; Emphasis on women's subjective initiative. The fairy tale the patriarchal values and moral standards is rooted in the mind of the woman, to regulate the behavior of a woman's purpose. Besides that, Carter is against male chauvinism, the patriarchal thought, of particular concern for women's issues. The companywith the Wolfis especially the characteristics of feminism which is a pointer to women since the beginning of status and gender inequality political movement led by the ethical issues. The seeds of "feminism" first appeared in the aristocratic society and medieval female monk's works, they tried to borrow by women and the virgin symbolizes the spirit of compassion and love, to emphasize women also have the spiritual level, rather than the object under the male desire.
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4. Conclusion
In summary, Angela Carter abandon the traditional concept to conceive a totally different female image that the little Riding red Hood not only challenge the male hegemony but also take advantage of female tenderness to tame the beast so as to gain the fate’s initiative .Under Carter’s pen,we can notice that the girl is no longer a passive victim, but an independent figure knowing clearly how to protect herself.To some extent,this original subversion expose the woman’s injustice treatment a purely male-centered society and give a voice to arouse female consciousness in the process of facilitating woman’s liberation. The ending of the fairy tale just like the tittle says, Company with wolves.Feminist are not pursuing the absolutely dominant position .They are trying to seek a balance way to get along with man.In a word,Angela Carter presents a harmonious relationship that female possess an equal right and freedom.
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