A Critical Analysis of Female Roles in Fingersmith from the Perspective of Social Gender

Abstract This article analyses critically the female roles in Fingersmith from the perspective of social gender and explores their personality changes and character development。 In Fingersmith, the great British writer, Sarah Waters, has created a well-structured history thriller by means of the depiction burglar Victorian culture。 The story takes lesbian romance as the theme, expressing lesbian protagonists’ fight against the home arrest and seeking self-identity in a patriarchal society and under the sexual orientation advantages。 From the first-person narrative, this story reflects their arduous struggle for their love of freedom and fate。 87097

This article includes: firstly, gender theory origin and its significance; secondly, tentative analysis of female roles in Fingersmith; thirdly, the embodiment of social gender in the character of roles and the development of their fate; finally, a conclusion based on the above-mentioned analysis。

The essay basically analyzes the characteristics of female characters formation and their personalities from the perspective of Social Gender。

Keywords: Fingersmith; social gender; lesbian romance

解析《指匠情挑》中女性角色的批评性解析——社会性别视角

摘 要本文从社会性别角度入手，研究Fingersmith这一书中的女性角色，探究其性格变化及人物发展。在Fingersmith这一书中，英国作家萨拉·沃特斯透过描写维多利亚时代的窃贼文化，创造出一个结构严谨的历史悬疑故事。在这个故事中，她以表达女同性恋之间的恋爱为主题，在文中女同性恋主人公在男权社会与性取向优势中对抗软禁、寻觅自我身份认同、故事叙述由第一人称树立话语权的进程，反应了她们在艰苦际遇中对恋爱、自力、自在的寻求。

文章从内容上包括：一、社会性别论的产生及其含义；二、Fingersmith一书中女性角色的浅层分析；三、社会性别论在该书角色上的体现；四、批判性解读该书中女性角色性格构成及命运发展；五、总结全文并指出有待进一步研究之处。

本文选择在社会性别的角度下，重点剖析女性角色的塑造特点及其对应的性格剖析。

毕业论文关键词：指匠情挑； 社会性别； 女性感情

 Contents

Abstract in English Ⅰ

Abstract in Chinese Ⅱ

I。 Introduction 1

II。 The Origin of Social Gender and Its Definition 3

2。 1。 The Origin of Social Gender 3

2。 2。 The Definition of Social Gender 5

2。 3。 The Difference between Social Gender and Biological Sex 7

III。 Tentative Analysis of the Social Gender of Female Roles in Fingersmith 10

3。1 Analysis of Character: Maud Lilly 10

3。2 Analysis of Character: Sue Trinder 12

3。3 Analysis of Character: Mrs。 Sucksby and Marianne 14

IV。 The Embodiment of Social Gender in the Character of Roles and the Development of Their Fate 16

Ⅴ。 Conclusion 17

Bibliography 18

A Critical Analysis of Female Roles in Fingersmith from the Perspective of Social Gender

I。 Introduction

Sarah Waters is one of the most famous English lesbian writers and a contemporary British novelist。 She has published six novels and Fingersmith is one of them。 Sarah’s novels have gained her numerous prizes and highly reputation, and thus she has won a lot of rewards of literature。 Her novels mostly take the post Victorian period as background and usually talk about the forbidden love between lesbians。 Fingersmith are adapted into a hot BBC movie and owing to that, it has attracted much more attention to her works。 论文网