Kate Chopin, was born Katherine O'Flaherty in St. Louis on Feburary8,1851, of a prosperous Irish-born merchant father and an aristocratic Creole mother. She studied piano, wrote poetry, and read Dickens, Austen, Goethe, de Stael, and the Brontes. Despite her free spirit--she was once nicknamed the "littlest rebel" for yanking down a Union flag--Kate grew to be a leading social belle, admired for her wit and beauty.
In 1870 she married Oscar Chopin. Matrimony did not quell her independence; she dressed unconventionally, took long unchaperoned walks, and smoked cigarettes. In their twelve years of married life, she bore six children, and upon Oscar's sudden death in 1882 she took over the management of the Chopin family plantation in Natchitoches, Louisana. She turned seriously to writing shortly thereafter, publishing stories in Vogue and Atlantic Monthly. She wrote a novel, At Fault(1890), Bayou Folk, a collection of stories(1894), A Night in Acadie, a second collection (1897), and her masterpiece The Awakening(1899), which aroused a national scandal for its "indecency." Banned by libraries, it even prevented her admission into the St. Louis Fine Arts Club--even though Kate Chopin was famous for her literary salon, which attracted distinguished artists and writers from all over the country.
Always sensitive to criticism, Chopin was devastated by the furor that surrounded the publication of The Awakening, and its harsh reception ultimately caused her to stop writing. When she died in 1904, she had been denied the recognition she desperately wanted and richly deserved.
读完肖班的《觉醒》有一阵子了,一直以此书之无聊低俗平庸而视如等闲 然而经典之于经典.其书的毕竟成功独到之处.竟在于其深刻揭示的人类社会历史文明之宿命.更在于对天命悲剧的重新诠释! 小说的故事情节普通得无需累述.写作手法也无多惊人之处.除能略反映的那一时代美国...
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结尾来得太快,是她的风格……看完有点难过,不过那个年代,对女性的觉醒,如此细腻的描写,完全能理解女主的所作所为,也理解那个独木舟晚上的快乐,还有她与罗伯特的对话,“你在这里睡了100年,我等了你100年。”还有罗伯特的离开……sad!
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评分结尾来得太快,是她的风格……看完有点难过,不过那个年代,对女性的觉醒,如此细腻的描写,完全能理解女主的所作所为,也理解那个独木舟晚上的快乐,还有她与罗伯特的对话,“你在这里睡了100年,我等了你100年。”还有罗伯特的离开……sad!
评分诗一般的语言,是凯特•肖邦的小说一贯的特点,在《觉醒》中更是表现得尽致淋漓。爱德娜之觉醒顾虑重重,却也是义无反顾的,有“宁为玉碎不为瓦全”的决绝。 想起了《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》《科学怪人》《红楼梦》这些小说里主人公心境的跌宕起伏,尤其是搅乱他们心灵的那些千百愁肠,似乎都是从“觉醒”开始的,正印证了那句古话“人生识字忧愁始,事事盲心喜乐终”。 不管怎么说,识字绝不是坏事,觉醒也不是原罪,万恶的根源其实在社会。像爱德娜这样的觉醒也绝不是没有意义的,一个人的力量虽小,但如果是一群人呢? 终有一天,包容着爱德娜的海浪会席卷上岸,海水渗入家家户户的门前厅堂,唤醒每一个沉睡的人。 我情愿自己是醒着的人,思考想思考的,选择心选择的,不回头地走下去,问心无愧,老而无悔
评分诗一般的语言,是凯特•肖邦的小说一贯的特点,在《觉醒》中更是表现得尽致淋漓。爱德娜之觉醒顾虑重重,却也是义无反顾的,有“宁为玉碎不为瓦全”的决绝。 想起了《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》《科学怪人》《红楼梦》这些小说里主人公心境的跌宕起伏,尤其是搅乱他们心灵的那些千百愁肠,似乎都是从“觉醒”开始的,正印证了那句古话“人生识字忧愁始,事事盲心喜乐终”。 不管怎么说,识字绝不是坏事,觉醒也不是原罪,万恶的根源其实在社会。像爱德娜这样的觉醒也绝不是没有意义的,一个人的力量虽小,但如果是一群人呢? 终有一天,包容着爱德娜的海浪会席卷上岸,海水渗入家家户户的门前厅堂,唤醒每一个沉睡的人。 我情愿自己是醒着的人,思考想思考的,选择心选择的,不回头地走下去,问心无愧,老而无悔
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