A Biography Of Awakening Marriage is a novel reflecting the social life of Ming Dynasty,and is also a floating painting of the late Ming Dynasty.This paper takes the female characters in the novel as the research object,from the point of view of dress culture,exploring the female image characteristics of the works.Through analyzing the dress and dress of characters,analyzing the appearance,psychology and character of different characters,digging out the social and cultural connotation behind the dress and dress features of female images,and then interpreting the text more objectively and deeply.This thesis is mainly composed of the following four parts:The first part mainly introduces the dress and characteristics of female characters.This part takes the form of a graphic and elegant representation of the main female costumes in the novel.According to the description of female costume in the novel text,this paper analyzes the main features of the variety and style of female costume,the luxury of clothing and accessories,the religiosity of special clothing and utilitarianism.The second part mainly explores the relationship between the external features of female image and dress.Through the characteristics of the female characters in the novel under different circumstances,and in combination with the changes in the social attitudes towards men and women,to analyze the differences in family status and social status of female characters,and the appearance and appearance of women’s costumes.The third part mainly analyzes the relationship between the inner psychological characteristics of female image and dress.According to the dress of female characters from different life background,explaining the character differences and subtle changes of thoughts and emotions of female characters of different social status,and the inner psychological characteristics of these female characters,such as their ability to judge people by their appearance,their ability to be jealous and their ability to work with their minds.The fourth part mainly analyzes the relationship between women’s dress culture and the social style of The Times.The development and change of dress culture reflects the social ethics and the change of social political economy system.The clothing culture characteristic of the female image in the A Biography Of Awakening Marriage is a microcosm of the social life style at that time.From the point of view of dress culture,this classical novel also reflects the essence of art from life.The author through these female image of the dress description,not only has formed a group of distinctive female image,but also reflects the characteristics of the age of the late Ming dynasty,such as the pursuit of the liberation of personality,the opposition to discrimination against women,the emphasis on the educational role of parents to children,luxury and lax social regulations.In turn,the ideological and cultural trends of these times have influenced the attitude and orientation of women’s dress choices. |