The way to womanhood in Boys and Girls
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课程名称 世界文学
授课学期 2007 学年至 2008 学年 第 二 学期
学院 外国语学院
专 业 英语语言文学
学号 2007010475
姓名 张作军
任课教师 陆小虹
交稿日期 2008年7月4日
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广西师范大学研究生学院制
The way to womanhood in Boys and Girls —from the perspective of Existentialism’s feminism
Abstract: Although most of Alice Munro’s work does not have such clear and cogent feminist interest, Boys and Girls eloquently attests to how women worked during her century to change their social position substantially. The paper, on the basis of close analysis of the story, examines from the perspective of Existentialism’s feminism how the girl’s consciousness of being for herself changes step by step.
Key words: Alice Munro, Boys and girls, Existentialism’s feminism
1. Brief introduction
Alice Munro, a Canadian female writer, was born in the town of Wingham, Ontario into a family of fox and poultry farmers. Such a birth enabled her in her later creation to depict vividly from the angle of a female the farm work that was traditionally prescribed as men’s responsibility, or even right, as described in a Chinese old saying, “while men till the land outside, women weave cloth inside.” It could be said that the early life in his father’s farm exerted great influence on his writing. She began writing as a teenager and published her first story in 1950 when she was still a college student. Alice Munro's first collection of stories, Dance of the Happy Shades which was published in 1968, was highly acclaimed and won that year’s Governor General's Award, Canada’s highest literary prize. Boys and Girls, an early story written by Munro, was a famous one of the stories embodied in the edition.
This short story is narrated by a young girl who can be considered as the author of her early childhood.
课程名称 世界文学
授课学期 2007 学年至 2008 学年 第 二 学期
学院 外国语学院
专 业 英语语言文学
学号 2007010475
姓名 张作军
任课教师 陆小虹
交稿日期 2008年7月4日
成绩
阅读教师签名
日 期
广西师范大学研究生学院制
The way to womanhood in Boys and Girls —from the perspective of Existentialism’s feminism
Abstract: Although most of Alice Munro’s work does not have such clear and cogent feminist interest, Boys and Girls eloquently attests to how women worked during her century to change their social position substantially. The paper, on the basis of close analysis of the story, examines from the perspective of Existentialism’s feminism how the girl’s consciousness of being for herself changes step by step.
Key words: Alice Munro, Boys and girls, Existentialism’s feminism
1. Brief introduction
Alice Munro, a Canadian female writer, was born in the town of Wingham, Ontario into a family of fox and poultry farmers. Such a birth enabled her in her later creation to depict vividly from the angle of a female the farm work that was traditionally prescribed as men’s responsibility, or even right, as described in a Chinese old saying, “while men till the land outside, women weave cloth inside.” It could be said that the early life in his father’s farm exerted great influence on his writing. She began writing as a teenager and published her first story in 1950 when she was still a college student. Alice Munro's first collection of stories, Dance of the Happy Shades which was published in 1968, was highly acclaimed and won that year’s Governor General's Award, Canada’s highest literary prize. Boys and Girls, an early story written by Munro, was a famous one of the stories embodied in the edition.
This short story is narrated by a young girl who can be considered as the author of her early childhood.