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"Rebecca" And The Moral Reconstruction Of Western Feminism

Posted on:2016-03-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L N WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330470968341Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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"Rebecca"(Rebecca)(1938) is based on the work of English literature by a Bri tish woman writer whose name is Daphne Du Maurie, and it was moved on the scr een by the British director Alfred Hitchcock.Then it became as one of the the mos t famous works in Hitchcock films.At the beginning of the publication of the nove l, the critics pay more attention on the writing technique of Du Murri E’s Gothic. As the development of feminist literary theory, some researchers started from the persp ective of feminism research. By analyzing the characters in the "Rebecca" to rev eal embodied in the works of feminist point of view. These ideas from the aspect s of the subject has broken the original of the interpretation of the limitation of the no vel from the creation method, it made the work more value of academic discussion.This paper is based on the previous studies.Through a close reading of the tex t, as well as the inspection of the life experiences before the creation Daphne D u Murri E "Rebecca" and then to achieve the interpretation for feminist writer. First c hapter, combing three times the climax of the women’s movement, as well as the har d choices in the movement of women, and exploring the ethical implications of wome n’s movement. The second chapter shows the veils that the role of Rebecca and anal ysis the radical feminist consciousness in the works. The third chapter shows the intr oduction of youth Daphne Du Murri E’s autobiography "my youth" when she was old, and then explore the author himself with the character "I" in "Rebecca".At th e same time, it explores the deep reasons of the author’s feminist ideas. This articl e tries to begin from the radical feminist consciousness in the feminist movemen t. The introduction of autobiography of Daphne Du Murri E aims to reveal the "Reb ecca" consciousness of feminism, women’s moral ideal, and the author’s early radical f eminism.
Keywords/Search Tags:Daphne Du Murrier, Feminist movement, "Rebecca", "my youth", Radical feminism, Male-dominated system of social
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