The Analysis Of The Female Images In Forster's Novels

Edward Morgan Forster, as a novelist, occupies an important position in the modern history of English and world literature.He didn't write many novels, the main achievement was six novels.Link outlook Forster's novels,we can see in his works that Forster particular emphasized interpersonal contacts,communication and mutual understanding of different cultures and different classes, and this "only connection" became a major theme of Forster's novels.In all his novels,he made a comparison of the two cultures, demonstrated people different options between the cultural conflict and cultural communication, expressed his own beautiful aspirations that hope by"only connection"to achieve the human society harmony and unity.In the "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and "A Room with a View" the Italian culture and British culture have done contrast. In the "Howards End", we can see the culture of intellectuals and business culture contradictions, and in the "A Passage to India", the writer gave us a display of intercultural conflict between the suzerain and colony.The article utilizes the historical materialism viewpoint and the social culture criticism angle, absorbs feminist criticism theory that fits the subject, a combination of text analysis to analyse the female image in Foster's works: insensitive but conceited, stunting but self-awakening, young intellectual and smart, kind hearted and tolerant love. Their efforts in the cultural conflict through the "marry road" and "riligion save" for communication are demonstrated; The women's facing puzzles and the signifigance behind themselves in the their cultural communication task are also highlighted.