女性的觉醒

The Awakening, the representative work of American woman writer Kate Shaban, is a classic work of American feminist literature. The book was published in 1899, when progressive ideas such as "new women" were emerging in the process of U.S. industrialization. As an intellectual woman living at the turning point of the 19th and 20th centuries in the United States, She was not only a writer, but also a pioneer of feminist ideas. The Awakening is shaoban's true portrayal of the awakening of female consciousness in the transition period of American society, reflecting the female writer's appeal for women to break away from the shackles of the patriarchal social system and realize the awakening of self-consciousness. The Awakening tells the story of the heroine Edna's process from a traditional and self-conscious housewife to a modern woman who rebelled against the shackles of old moral norms and pursued independence and freedom. It is the true portrayal of women breaking through the decayed traditional moral barriers and courageously pursuing independent personality and self in the transformation period of American society. It has made artistic contribution to arouse women's self-consciousness and gender consciousness and lead women to walk on the road of self-respect and self-reliance. Edna, the heroine, is a representative figure who rebelled against the old ideas. Her hard awakening process reflects the awakening of self-consciousness of many women in the transformation period of American society, and promotes the birth of modern "new women" in The United States.