A Study Of Body Aesthetics In Sarah Waters's Works

Sarah Waters is a contemporary female writer in Britain. She has been gradually concerned by the British literary circles since she published her first novel. Now she has published five novels, including "tipping the velvet " "Affinity" and "Fingersmith""The Night Watch" and "The Little Stranger" and "The Paying Guests". The first three novels mainly describe the story of lesbians in Victoria, and there is a clear difference between the two novels and the previous ones. Her novel language is more delicate, body aesthetics and narrative in her novels are also more obvious. This paper mainly analyzes her first three novels of Victoria. In the first three novels,Sarah Waters fully demonstrated in the works of "Body Aesthetics" construction. Based on Schusterman's theory of "body aesthetics",careful reading of her works, in order to get the body as the dominant theme, and then rise to the level of aesthetic breakthrough.This paper is divided into three parts: The first part deals with two points. The first aspect is the author's desire to build the body through the presentation of the food,and try to establish the authority of the female narrative in this way. The second aspect is the description of women's sexual desire and sexual struggle through the description of finger gloves. The second part mainly from the narrative perspective,narrative space and narrative experience to write, using the space theory and through the body narrative perspective, narrative space conversion ingenious presentation and sensory experience to describe body aesthetics narrative mode of expression is varied.The third part is the reflection of the body aesthetic concept, and it divided into two points. The first is to describe the various powers of the female body in Victoria during the Victoria period,which can be used to explain the oppression of the female body. The second part is the description of the physical resistance of the lesbian under the male power in Victoria and the situation of the lesbian who is in the edge of the situation.This paper uses the theory of body aesthetics, feminist theory and narrative theory, using the method of "New Criticism" text reading, and through a unique research perspective, carrying on the thorough understanding to Sarah Waters's first three novels.