Kate Chopin, was born Katherine O'Flaherty in St. Louis on Feburary8,1851, of a prosperous Irish-born merchant father and an aristocratic Creole mother. She studied piano, wrote poetry, and read Dickens, Austen, Goethe, de Stael, and the Brontes. Despite her free spirit--she was once nicknamed the "littlest rebel" for yanking down a Union flag--Kate grew to be a leading social belle, admired for her wit and beauty.
In 1870 she married Oscar Chopin. Matrimony did not quell her independence; she dressed unconventionally, took long unchaperoned walks, and smoked cigarettes. In their twelve years of married life, she bore six children, and upon Oscar's sudden death in 1882 she took over the management of the Chopin family plantation in Natchitoches, Louisana. She turned seriously to writing shortly thereafter, publishing stories in Vogue and Atlantic Monthly. She wrote a novel, At Fault(1890), Bayou Folk, a collection of stories(1894), A Night in Acadie, a second collection (1897), and her masterpiece The Awakening(1899), which aroused a national scandal for its "indecency." Banned by libraries, it even prevented her admission into the St. Louis Fine Arts Club--even though Kate Chopin was famous for her literary salon, which attracted distinguished artists and writers from all over the country.
Always sensitive to criticism, Chopin was devastated by the furor that surrounded the publication of The Awakening, and its harsh reception ultimately caused her to stop writing. When she died in 1904, she had been denied the recognition she desperately wanted and richly deserved.
《覺醒》肖班以主人公艾德娜·龐特裏耶的自我意識和性意識的覺醒為主題,大膽而又直率地從深層次探索瞭已婚女性的內心世界。這在當時的社會背景下無疑是驚世駭俗之舉。《覺醒》被尊為美國婦女文學最早的代錶性作品,成為女性文學的經典。《覺醒》為純正的英語版本。
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[CVoices約稿 請勿轉載] 這大概是我讀過的最壓抑的一本書。心像是被綁上瞭石塊一樣,隨著情節不停地往下墮,往下墮。我讀過不少生命無法承受之重,但是唯獨這本書給我帶來的無力感把我壓得喘不過起來。讀到結局的時候,我在發抖;寫這篇書評的時候,我還在發抖。 多少...
評分在《覺醒》的第三章中,受到丈夫莫名其妙的責難後,因為心中“一股難以言喻的抑鬱之感”,使艾德娜“眼淚來得太凶,睡袍的袖子已經濕透,無法再擦拭更多的淚水瞭”。至第十七章,迴到漫步大道上的好宅後,艾德娜不再“唯夫是從”,甚至“脫下結婚戒指,丟到地毯上”。雖然其後...
評分[CVoices約稿 請勿轉載] 這大概是我讀過的最壓抑的一本書。心像是被綁上瞭石塊一樣,隨著情節不停地往下墮,往下墮。我讀過不少生命無法承受之重,但是唯獨這本書給我帶來的無力感把我壓得喘不過起來。讀到結局的時候,我在發抖;寫這篇書評的時候,我還在發抖。 多少...
評分覺醒是遼寜教育齣版社新萬有文庫中的一本,不到200頁。譯本也很好。譯者是楊瑛美。 作者凱特肖邦。這本書齣版於1899年。因為女性意識的覺醒 曾被禁止。我買大概是因為信任遼寜這套文庫和便宜的價格,因為在買之前我對她一無所知。 小說說的是美國南方的一位夫人...
評分圖書標籤: 女性文學 凱特肖班 女性 美國文學 美國 外國文學 小說 覺醒
女性思想的覺醒,但是仍舊睏在隻是男性附屬品的環境裏。毫不懷疑羅伯特的愛,但是他沒有勇氣,所以埃德娜的結局隻能是自我犧牲,也是覺醒思想的死亡。有點像安娜,對待覺醒的愛情飛蛾撲火,隻是男性通常選擇妥協於世俗的眼光。//從傢裏翻齣來的一本書,上麵寫著生日快樂,看日期,應該是大哥的生日禮物。看瞭評論,發現是禁書,這個有什麼可禁的呢?沒有想通。
評分讀前麵的時候覺得這不過是個婦女齣軌的故事。到最後兩章纔發現她的覺醒不止在性愛。主人公絕對不是包法利夫人那樣簡單的“喪權辱國”。她前麵幾層的覺醒之所以讓我不以為然,是因為我們現在早就想當然的“醒”瞭,其實也是麻木的順從於現代的社會規範而已。她層層遞進的覺醒到最後一層纔真的觸及痛點,是我不敢麵對不敢醒來的覺醒。但她最後走進大海真的是覺醒還是逃避覺醒呢? 想來想去該是四星還是五星。還是五星吧!我寫不齣來如此層次豐富的覺醒。
評分女人隻能用自我毀滅來宣告自我獨立麼?-1星//未必是真覺醒。更像是女主的“任性”,不過是想換個男人,換個環境罷瞭。而那個男人的不堅決又讓她失去生存的希望,結尾處不過又是一幕殉情大戲罷。//女人的覺醒,似乎還是男人寫來纔會齣現徹底性。
評分本來讀起來覺得一般,但再瞭解作者發錶的背景,對於1899年這個年代確實是驚世駭俗瞭!
評分Suicide is never an act of a coward. Her ending can be interpreted as a result of disappointed at love and men and a comprise with society. It can also be interpreted that she finds no meaning in her persuing for indentity and dependence. Her awakening is precious, but it's unrealistic to fight for her rights when she still relies on men.
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