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.
The second edition of this important canonical text is again based in the 1899 edition. The "Criticism" section has been greatly expanded to include more feminist appraisals, and a chronology has been added.
读完《觉醒》,心底里有点压抑,更偏向凯特 肖邦一开始对于这部著作的命名《孤独的灵魂》。 或许读一遍着实不足以洞悉作者在塑造人物形象和叙述故事情节时的用心良苦,但我仍然想把内心的切实感受叙述一二。 女主人公艾德娜觉醒的过程在一个女人不以自己独存而...
评分 评分心理活动太多,故事有点压抑,而且文笔也不太是我喜欢的风格。用词比较简单,篇幅不长(是不是长篇小说啊?篇幅这么短)就这俩点来说诚意推荐。总之,个人感觉是时代意义大于艺术价值。 kate chopin还写过短篇,有些还是很有意思的
评分在《觉醒》的第三章中,受到丈夫莫名其妙的责难后,因为心中“一股难以言喻的抑郁之感”,使艾德娜“眼泪来得太凶,睡袍的袖子已经湿透,无法再擦拭更多的泪水了”。至第十七章,回到漫步大道上的好宅后,艾德娜不再“唯夫是从”,甚至“脱下结婚戒指,丢到地毯上”。虽然其后...
我觉得Edna的想法很前卫,同时也很自私,同时Robert看似开放其实迂腐。在这里没有一个角色是完美的。但是看到Edna觉醒的过程,一步一步,慢慢摧毁自己建立的城堡,再建立起自己的巢穴,最后再一步步走向大海。一切好像很突然,实则一切结局在开头便已经注定了。
评分不知为何,总感觉作者的写作中带着一种疏离感
评分The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies. 所有的女性主义小说似乎都面临着一个“出走之后”/“觉醒之后”的问题。结局是唯美而突兀的,似乎预示着一个永远无法解决的困境。btw作者文笔不错用词不难(生词几乎都是法语)但其实说实话故事有点玛丽苏…给我一种美国张爱玲的感觉!我很好奇这个女主到底有多美…A woman of great beauty, sensuality and sensibility is not suitable for a marriage!
评分You need strong wings
评分再过了一遍,这版的优点在书中的法语基本都有脚注译文,后面还有时代背景、当时的评论和近年的研究。但是这本书从60年代被发掘出来到90年代出诺顿这版,可能时间跨度还是太短了,感觉所选的研究文章没有很出彩。
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