Kate Chopin, was born Katherine O'Flaherty in St. Louis on Feburary8,1851, of a prosperous Irish-born merchant father and an aristocratic Creole mother. She studied piano, wrote poetry, and read Dickens, Austen, Goethe, de Stael, and the Brontes. Despite her free spirit--she was once nicknamed the "littlest rebel" for yanking down a Union flag--Kate grew to be a leading social belle, admired for her wit and beauty.
In 1870 she married Oscar Chopin. Matrimony did not quell her independence; she dressed unconventionally, took long unchaperoned walks, and smoked cigarettes. In their twelve years of married life, she bore six children, and upon Oscar's sudden death in 1882 she took over the management of the Chopin family plantation in Natchitoches, Louisana. She turned seriously to writing shortly thereafter, publishing stories in Vogue and Atlantic Monthly. She wrote a novel, At Fault(1890), Bayou Folk, a collection of stories(1894), A Night in Acadie, a second collection (1897), and her masterpiece The Awakening(1899), which aroused a national scandal for its "indecency." Banned by libraries, it even prevented her admission into the St. Louis Fine Arts Club--even though Kate Chopin was famous for her literary salon, which attracted distinguished artists and writers from all over the country.
Always sensitive to criticism, Chopin was devastated by the furor that surrounded the publication of The Awakening, and its harsh reception ultimately caused her to stop writing. When she died in 1904, she had been denied the recognition she desperately wanted and richly deserved.
读完肖班的《觉醒》有一阵子了,一直以此书之无聊低俗平庸而视如等闲 然而经典之于经典.其书的毕竟成功独到之处.竟在于其深刻揭示的人类社会历史文明之宿命.更在于对天命悲剧的重新诠释! 小说的故事情节普通得无需累述.写作手法也无多惊人之处.除能略反映的那一时代美国...
评分觉醒是辽宁教育出版社新万有文库中的一本,不到200页。译本也很好。译者是杨瑛美。 作者凯特肖邦。这本书出版于1899年。因为女性意识的觉醒 曾被禁止。我买大概是因为信任辽宁这套文库和便宜的价格,因为在买之前我对她一无所知。 小说说的是美国南方的一位夫人...
评分 评分<The Awakening>写于1899年, 出版后因主题的尺度遭受监禁和批评, 直到作者去世几十年后才被认定为19世纪美国文学的重要一章. 书里有一个美丽的女人, 已婚, 成为丈夫和儿子的财产. 晒了一夏天太阳和遇到情人之后她决定不再昏头昏脑的活着. 是悲剧还是希望别人无法评判, 醒来的...
评分诗一般的语言,是凯特•肖邦的小说一贯的特点,在《觉醒》中更是表现得尽致淋漓。爱德娜之觉醒顾虑重重,却也是义无反顾的,有“宁为玉碎不为瓦全”的决绝。 想起了《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》《科学怪人》《红楼梦》这些小说里主人公心境的跌宕起伏,尤其是搅乱他们心灵的那些千百愁肠,似乎都是从“觉醒”开始的,正印证了那句古话“人生识字忧愁始,事事盲心喜乐终”。 不管怎么说,识字绝不是坏事,觉醒也不是原罪,万恶的根源其实在社会。像爱德娜这样的觉醒也绝不是没有意义的,一个人的力量虽小,但如果是一群人呢? 终有一天,包容着爱德娜的海浪会席卷上岸,海水渗入家家户户的门前厅堂,唤醒每一个沉睡的人。 我情愿自己是醒着的人,思考想思考的,选择心选择的,不回头地走下去,问心无愧,老而无悔
评分考研需要就读了这篇文章,是那种纸质极差的口袋书,想要做笔记,铅笔也是难写上的。我只是比较不理解edna为什么要自杀
评分诗一般的语言,是凯特•肖邦的小说一贯的特点,在《觉醒》中更是表现得尽致淋漓。爱德娜之觉醒顾虑重重,却也是义无反顾的,有“宁为玉碎不为瓦全”的决绝。 想起了《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》《科学怪人》《红楼梦》这些小说里主人公心境的跌宕起伏,尤其是搅乱他们心灵的那些千百愁肠,似乎都是从“觉醒”开始的,正印证了那句古话“人生识字忧愁始,事事盲心喜乐终”。 不管怎么说,识字绝不是坏事,觉醒也不是原罪,万恶的根源其实在社会。像爱德娜这样的觉醒也绝不是没有意义的,一个人的力量虽小,但如果是一群人呢? 终有一天,包容着爱德娜的海浪会席卷上岸,海水渗入家家户户的门前厅堂,唤醒每一个沉睡的人。 我情愿自己是醒着的人,思考想思考的,选择心选择的,不回头地走下去,问心无愧,老而无悔
评分艺术品
评分只要看看年份就知道,凯特·肖邦是女性主义的先驱者,小说在最后发出万丈金光来,赤裸的身躯代表觉醒亦代表新生。
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