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1、ABSTRACTJohnFowles,oneofthegreatestEnglishnovelists,enjoysagreatreputationforhismasterpieceTheFrenchLieutenant’sWoman.Inthenovel,FowlesnarratesaromanticlovestoryofthemaincharactersCharlesandSarahintheVictoriansociety.Inordertopursueindependenceandfre

2、edom,SarahfightsagainstVictoriantraditionalmoresandconventions.NowadaysmostscholarsandcriticsstudyonTheFrenchLieutenant’sWomanfromtheaspectofnarratologyinthecontextofpostmodernismorexistentialism.Onlyafewstudyfromtheperspectiveoffeminism.Viewingfromt

3、heperspectiveofthefeministcriticism,thisthesisstudiestheprotagonistSarah’srebellionagainstVictoriantraditionalmoresandherexplorationoffreedom.ThebasisofthetragedyofwomenliesintheVictorianpatriarchyandmasculinehegemony.Inthemale-dominatedpatriarchalso

4、ciety,Sarah,astheleaderofthewomenemancipation,activelyrebelsandchallengesmaleauthoritytorealizeself-identityandmasterherownlife.Basedonthetheoryoffeministcriticism,FowlesdepictsthelongandtoughprocessfromSarah’sbondagetoherawakeningoffeminineconscious

5、nessandatlastsuccessfullybecominganewwoman.Thethesisconsistsoffourchapters:ThefirstchapterbrieflyintroducesJohnFowlesandhisworkTheFrenchLieutenant’sWomanaswellasthetheoryoffeministcriticism.What’smore,itintroducesdifferentscholars’criticalstudiesonth

6、isnovel.ThethesisinchapterIalsoexposeswomen’ssufferingsbecauseofmasculinehegemony.ThesecondchapterexpoundstheprocessfromSarah’sawakeningoffeminineconsciousnesstoherirebellionagainstmasculinehegemony.SheisagainstthegrainwiththeVictoriansocietyandisdes

7、pisedandexcluded.Duringherlongingforindependenceandfreedom,Sarah’sfeminineconsciousnessbeginstowakeupandshechallengesmen’sauthoritybravely.ShebeginstorebelagainstVictorianconventionsandmores.ChapterthreediscussesSarah’sexplorationforindependence,whic

8、hismadeupofSarah’sindependenceineconomyandlove.ThischapteralsoillustratesSarah’srealizationoffreedom.AtlastSarahrealizesherconstructionofselfidentity,andbecomesanewwomanwhofinallyachievesfreedom.ItpointsoutSarah’sexcessivestressonherowninterests.Inth