A Study Of The Female Spirit Media On The Neo-Victorian Novels Conjugial Angel

In historical narration, the medium group has been sinking under the history of the earth’s surface, Byatt’s trying to break the historical discourse suppression of the female media groups, let them say freely. Neo-Victorian novels Conjugial Angel set itself in the writing background of Victorian seance trends, reconstructed and shaped a new female image of medium, then show us with the female consciousness and creative power of the female medium, it has expressed a unique perspectives on female and conception of history of Byatt.In this paper, based on the background of Neo-Victorian novels, I will analyze that the Neo-Victorian novels has make a rewriting and reconstruction to the Victorian era as a new "Historical Narration", discussing the occurrence and application of "Spirit factors" in the Neo-Victorian novels. Then making a detail analysis of the female mediums image with the perspective of feminism, at the three basic points of the feminist criticism:Femininity, Feminine Consciousness, Female Writing. Aiming to reveal the value and practical significance of writing the Seance novel reconstructing female media image, re-imagined the the Vitoria times by Byatt.This paper first to discuss the power paradox which the traditional female medium group has showed with the perspective of femininity, analyzing the femininity and feminine consciousness of the female medium which is constructed in Conjugial Angel. Then depicting the process of Mrs Papegay reflect on the sexual relations and how to complete her self-recognition in the the conflict and fusion of spirit and flesh; Afterwards, analyzing Mrs Papegay how to find her self-value through the automatic writing in the seance, and the automatic writing how to be a kind of experiment to establish a new way of female writing and the innovation of contemporary novels form, discussing the relationship between author and medium, seance and writing. The Conclusion use the "ghost criticism"of Derrida, to summarizes the value and practical significance of writing the Seance novel, reconstructing female media image, re-imagined the the Vitoria times by Byatt. In this way, author incarnation as the mediums, making a conversation with the Victorian era through seance, attempt to find the the solution to the current cultural situation kits, to find the inspiration and enlightenment of contemporary novel creation in content and form.