Beyond Binary Opposition： Reinterpretation of Mr. Pontellier in the Awakening

作     者：ZHANG Yan-hua 

作者机构：Weifang Medical College Weifang City China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》 (文学与艺术研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第4卷第12期

页      码：1019-1024页

摘      要：The American writer Kate Chopin＇s masterpiece, The Awakening published in the late 19th century is one of the classics in female literature. The heroine Edna having the courage to pursue self-reliance and express her self-awareness, is regarded as a ＂new woman＂, while the comments on her husband, Mr. Pontellier are quite negative--He regards Edna as a private property and a sexual tool, leading to her awakening and suicide. In this paper, the author reinterprets Mr. Pontellier with the method of close reading in new criticism, deeming that it is the binary opposition in thinking that leads to the misreading. Mr. Pontellier was just a follower of the tradition and custom. The objective evaluation and reinterpretation to him can help students to develop the habit of critical thinking and the courage to pursue truth is case they form a simple thinking mode of the binary opposition.

主 题 词：the Awakening Pontellier Edna binary opposition thinking 

学科分类：01[哲学] 0101[哲学-哲学类] 07[理学] 08[工学] 010108[010108] 

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