声明
Acknowledgment
摘要
Abstract
Contents
1.Introduction
1.1 Kate Chopin and The Awakening
1.2 Literature review
1.3 Theoretical framework
1.4 Focus and basic structure of the thesis
2.Female Characters and Female Voices in The Awakening
2.1 Adele Ratignolle:the voice of compromising
2.2 Mademoiselle Reisz:the voice of subverting
2.3 Edna Pontellier:the voice of awakening
2.3.1 Edna:the voice of self-questioning
2.3.2 The voice of challenging and self-expressing
3.Female Authority in Narrative Voice
3.1 Authorial voice in The Awakening
3.2 Communal voice in The Awakening
4.Conclusion
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