On The Lesbian Narrative Of Sarah Waters’s Victoria Trilogy

Sarah Waters is a contemporary British female writer attracted tremendous attention. Herfirst three works "Tipping the Velvet","Affinity","Fingersmith" are all set in London in theVictorian era in the19th century, and the themes are the expression of love between lesbians, sothey are called the Victoria Trilogy. This thesis focuses on the Victoria Trilogy. The lesbians init revolted against captivity, looked for self-identity, and established the discourse powerthought the First Person Narrative. These all reflected that they are in the pursuit of love,independence, freedom in a difficult situation in the Victorian era.This thesis has five parts. The first part is the introduction of Sarah Waters and the VictoriaTrilogy, literature review and the interpretation of the theme. The second part analyses thewomen are considered irrational and are captive in the Victorian era. Thus, marginal womenrevolted against captivity and pursued a new life with escaping from home and roving. Thethird part analyses the lesbians in the Victoria Trilogy lived in the state of lesbian identity andbody attachment. They build the self-identity difficulty through compensating for psychologicaldeficit, transforming identity. The fourth part analyses the characteristics of the lesbiannarrative of the Victoria Trilogy. The text builds the text structure of double-lane narrative withthe First Person Narrative of women and expresses the presence of patriarchal thought theperspective of lesbians, and the body writing challenges the sexual taboos in the Victorian era.The fifth part is the conclusion. The Victoria Trilogy inherits the British traditional literatureromanticism writing style, at the same time the lesbian narrative reflects that the writer focuseson marginal people in the context of the New Historicism.