The Victorian In-between Ladies: A Feminist Reading of Idylls of the King  

作　　者：刘娅敏 LIU Ya-min

机构地区：[1]School of Humanistic Medicine,Anhui Medical University

出　　处：《海外英语》2019年第8期233-236,共4页Overseas English

基　　金：安徽省教育厅高校省级优秀青年人才基金项目(2012SQRW046);安徽医科大学教学质量与教学改革工程项目(1415-32);安徽医科大学中青年学术骨干项目(1204022102)

摘　　要：Alfred Tennyson has long been acclaimed for his poetic art in English literature.His Idylls of the King has been recognized as a masterpiece in terms of Arthurian literature,narrative poetry and romantic writing.The present study intends to analyze Tennyson’s peculiar characterization of two female figures from Idylls and interpret the Victorian poet’s intention to address the issue of feminism.Breaking away from the angel/whore dichotomy of women popular in Victorian literary works,Tennyson managed to recognize and praise the complexity of authentic femininity.Though social and cultural factors prevented him from a complete subversion of the gender ideology of his time,the strong sense of agency in figures such as Elaine and Guineverehas given his medieval-setpoetry as much human reality as possible.Alfred Tennyson has long been acclaimed for his poetic art in English literature.His Idylls of the King has been recognized as a masterpiece in terms of Arthurian literature,narrative poetry and romantic writing.The present study intends to analyze Tennyson’s peculiar characterization of two female figures from Idylls and interpret the Victorian poet’s intention to address the issue of feminism.Breaking away from the angel/whore dichotomy of women popular in Victorian literary works,Tennyson managed to recognize and praise the complexity of authentic femininity.Though social and cultural factors prevented him from a complete subversion of the gender ideology of his time,the strong sense of agency in figures such as Elaine and Guineverehas given his medieval-setpoetry as much human reality as possible.

关 键 词：Idylls of the KING TENNYSON FEMINISM FEMININITY 

分 类 号：I106.4[文学—世界文学]