文档介绍：辽宁师范大学硕士学位论文美国淑女觉醒的小说——评亨利·詹姆斯的《贵妇画像》姓名:周丽华申请学位级别:硕士专业:英语语言文学指导教师:赵朝珠 19991001 Abstract Henry James writes aPreface forthenew work oflhe Portrait of a Lady which has announced thatthe story centred on the heroine’s consciousness andthatitsactionis thedevelopment ofherperception and thismain theme ofthenovel,the following thesis ISattempting toanalyze theinternal and externaI factorswhich haveinfluenced ourheroine?Isabel Archerlsgrowing consciousness The”Marriage versus independence”formula mon plot instoriesabout women This thesishasused the same formula to reveal Isabel’sparadoxical quest forfreedom ln7阮Portraitofa lady, Isabeldoesn’twant tobegin herdestiny withmarriage,but itseems the woman’s unavoidable destiny which involves her with the constant suitors represent ditierent socialpositions,different tasteofart,and deferent have e the important reasons ofIsabel’schoice The novel stresses on thesocial constraints over women,but Isabel’sdifferent aRitudes toward her suitorsshow hergradual consciousness andindividualfreedom The thesisalsoexplores thethematic structure is thehouses These houses are usedin away thatincorporates them into the novel’ssymbolic action e to symbolize not only the characters who liveinthem and the events thattake place the several stages ofIsabel’ thethematic structure ofthe novel James shows us that Isabel is a bination of an creative and conventional woman Her experience isthe story of a woman’s changing place in the changing society The social conventions and her1imitedunderstanding offreedom are thedecisive factorsofherfailingmarriage Hermistakes are notherown story is nottheend Isabel aswell asotherwomen would getimproved from thechanging society andfulfillthemselves inthefuture A Novel of Consciousness: Henry James’s The PortraitofA Henrv Jarues’S Thepot·trait o,a Lad Sfisfil startistic ess with a subject and a