Abstract
Possession belongs to the Neo-Victorian novel. In this novel, Byatt creatively reproduces the true life of female intellectuals living in the Victorian Age and revives the distorted images of the female by the traditional male-dominated culture.Through the letters,dairies and poems by the Victorian females, Byatt tries to reveal the truth of existential and the psychological status of those females marginalized by the patriarchal society, deconstruct and subvert the male-centered narrative discourse in the traditional text and put forward her feminist’s view that females will move from margin to center in future society. This paper thought the usage of character analysis method, aims to better control Byatt’s feminism thought.This paper intends to offer a fresh analysis of the book from the author’s own view to literature. The emphasis in this analysis is on three subjects which Byatt very often approached in her works but never as poignant than in Possession: feminism, the nature of fiction and the overrating of literary theories.
This paper contains four part: The first part is the literature review, including the brief introduction of Byatt, possession, the feminism, through the analysis of this part, we can get a general understanding of this novel, its influence and the feminism ideas of Byatt. The second part is the discussion about the feminism in this novel and Byatt’s artistic technology in Possession. Including The Symbols in Possession to Present Feminism Thoughts, and the Unique Narrative Stragegy and Feminism. Through the analysis in this part, we can get a better understanding of Byatt’s feminism narrative strategies, then learn more about the feminism view in this novel. The third part is the main part of this paper, ie. the analysis of the female characters in this novel, these female characters are all the typical representitive of the feminism. Through the analysis of them, we can learn the female psychological states and social living conditions in The Victorian Period, moreover, through the analysis, we can know the strong feminism contained in the author’s inner world. The four th part is the conclusion. In this part, the author concludes the related findings and future research development trend about this thesis.
Keywords：patriarchal society; feminism; critical ideas
摘 要
《占有》属于维多利亚时期的小说。在该小说中，拜尔特创造性地再现了维多利亚时期的女知识性分子的真实生活，并唤醒了长期受男权文化控制而曲解的女性意识。通过维多利亚时期女性的信件、日记以及诗歌，拜尔特尝试揭示存在的真理和处于男权社会边缘的女性心理状态，并结构和颠覆了传统叙事中以男性为中心的观点，并提出了她女性主义的观点，即，在未来的社会中，女性将会从边缘社会走向中心。本文通过采用人物分析法对主要人物进行分析，旨在令读者们更好地掌握拜尔特的女性主义思想。本文从拜厄特自己对文学的观点角度作出对《占有》的全新解析。 本文分析的重点是拜厄特经常在其写作中探讨,尤其在《占有》中最为显著的三个主题:女性主义、小说的性质以及对文学理论的过分倚重。
本文主要从四个方面展开进行论述：第一部分是文献综述部分，包括对作者、小说及女性主义的简要论述。通过这个部分的分析，我们可以对该小说有更全面的了解，并对该小说的影响以及拜尔特的女性主义做以认识。第二部分主要探讨该部小说的女性主义，以及拜尔特的女性叙事策略，包括对一些展现女性思想的事物的象征及叙事技巧，通过该部分的研究，可以使读者更高地了解拜尔特的女性观点，第三部分是本文的重点，主要是对本文一些关键的女性角色进行的分析。这些角色可以说都是典型的女性主义的代表，通过对她们的分析和了解，我们可以更好地了解维多利亚时期的女性心理状态以及社会生存状况,而且通过分析，我们可以更好地了解作者内心的很强的女性主义意识。第四部分为本文的总结部分，主要总结了该小说研究中的发现，不足以及未来的发展趋势。
关键词：族长统治社会；女权主义；批判观念
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
Chapter One LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………………………………………. 2
1.1 About the Author………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
1.2 About the Work………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2
1.3 About Feminism………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
2.1 The Symbols in Possession to Present Feminism Thoughts………………………………………… 5
2.2 The Unique Narrative Stragegy and Feminism…………………………………………………………. 6
2.1.1. Discovery of suspenseful letters………………………………………………………………….. 6
2.2.2. Content of correspondences and journals…………………………………………………….. 6
Chapter Three THE ANALYSIS OF THE WOMEN CHARACTER IN POSSESSION…. 10
3.1 Lamotte…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10
3.2 Maud……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 12
3.3 Val………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14
3.4 Alan………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 15
CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17
WORKS CITED……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………………………………………………….. 22
