声明
Acknowledgment
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 A Brief Introduction to Charlotte Perkins Gilman
1．2 A Brief Introduction to Jean Rhys
1．3 The Overall Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Previous Studies on The Yellow Wallpaper
2．2 Previous Studies on Wide Sargasso Sea
2．3 Aims and Significance of the Thesis
Chapter Three Silent Women’s Sufferings Represented in both The Yellow Wallpaper and Wide Sargasso Sea
3．1 Women’s sufferings in the Two Gothic Fictions
3．2 Oppression on Female Characters in both Stories Leading to Mental Disorders and Physical Problem
3．2．1 Physical Confinement of the Nameless Narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper
3．2．2 Physical Confinement of Antoinette in Wide Sargasso Sea
3．3 Female Characters Oppressed by Their Powerful Husbands
3．3．1 An Prestigious Husband in The Yellow Wallpaper
3．3．2 A Powerful Husband in Wide Sargasso Sea
3．4 Being Silenced in Lower Social Status
3．4．1 Being Economically Dominated of the Nameless Narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper
3．4．2 Being Spiritually Controlled of Antoinette in Wide Sargasso Sea
Chapter Four Female Characters Attempt to Voice Themselves in both Stories
4．1 The Nameless Narrator with Dual Identities to Express Resistance in The Yellow Wallpaper
4．1．1 Being an Angelic Wife
4．1．2 Being a Secret Writer
4．2 Antoinette with Dual Identities to Struggle both in Patriarchal Society and the Colony in Wide Sargasso Sea
4．2．1 Being a Brave Wife
4．2．2 Being a Colonized Female
Chapter Five From Silence to Awareness
5．1 Rebelling to Male Dominated Society
5．1．1 From Silence to Resistance in a Normal Way
5．1．2 From Silence to Epiphany Under the Confusion
5．2 Attempting to Become Independent Individuals
5．2．1 The Influence of the Author’s Background to Wide Sargasso Sea
5．2．2 The Pursuit of Freedom of Antoinette Representing Jean Rhys
Chapter Six Conclusion
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