The Literary Exploration In The New Century

George Sand is a famous female writer of France in the 19th century. Her actions which rebelled the custom were censured by the people, but she created hundreds of various works including fictions, dramas, essays, and literary critics among her life. The unique ideological and art character of her novels has reveled the new chapter of the 19th century literature.The thesis tries to reveal feminine consciousness and democratic awareness in George Sand's fictions, and discusses its unique artistic style on the base of thorough analysis on her novels. The main body is composed of four chapters. Chapter One is to probe the developing process of George Sand's feminine consciousness, which show the keen sense of the times and the strong consciousness of sex. Chapter Two is to discuss the forming reason of George Sand's democratic awareness in her fictions. Chapter Three is to analyze the unique artistic style of George Sand's novels using ethnology and narrative theory. Chapter Four is to locate George Sand's status in the French literature history, and point out the values and meanings of her novels. The conclusion part is to sum up the whole paper, and emphasize George Sand's special status in the French literature history. Till now, George Sand's novels'ideological and artistic value still has a great much guiding significance.