Analysis of Gone with the wind from thePerspective of Feminism从女性主义视角分析飘AbstractAs a great master in the modern literary world, American female writer Margaret Mitchell gains a world-wide reputation merely on the strength of her singular work Gone with the Wind. As the first novel which depicts American Civil War from womens perspective, Margaret focuses on the sufferings from the war of those women who stay at home and their difficult journey of reconstruction. Ever since its publication in 1936, Gone with the Wind has received extensive attention from literary world. Literary critics, on the basis of their respective knowledge and understanding, have given different evaluations about this novel. Most of their researches concentrate on the historical background of American Civil War, the abolitionist thought, Scarletts particular characters and the cultural discrepancy between the North and the South. Meanwhile many readers only treat this novel as a simple love story, fascinated by its intricate and moving narration yet neglecting its implicit ideological values. Starting from the feministic perspective, this thesis will elaborate on womens social status and values, a series of vivid female images, and the relationship between nature and women, thereby to analyze the awakening of female self-consciousness reflected in this novel and its immense and positive effect on the cause of womens liberation.Key Words: Gone with the Wind women feminism eco-feminism 摘要美国女作家玛格丽特米歇尔作为现代世界文坛巨匠，凭借其唯一的一部作品飘就名扬天下，成为美国文学史一颗耀眼的明星。作为第一部从南方女性角度叙述美国内战的小说，玛格丽特着重描写了留在后方家里的妇女饱受战乱之苦的体验和感受以及战后立志重建家园的艰辛历程。自从1936年飘问世以来，就受到了文学界广泛的关注，评论家们基于自己的认识和理解给出了各自不同的评价。多数研究主要集中于美国南北战争的历史背景，废奴主义思潮，斯嘉丽独特的个性以及南北方文化的差异上，许多读者也只把它当成一部通俗的言情小说，着迷于其中曲折动人的爱情故事，却忽视了其中蕴含的思想价值。而本文将从女性主义视角入手，从女性的地位与价值，一系列个性鲜明的女性形象，以及自然与女性的关系加以阐释，由此分析这部作品体现的女性自我意识的觉醒以及其在推动三四十年代女性觉醒和解放运动的地位和作用。关键词：飘 妇女 女性主义 生态女性主义 Contents. Introduction. Background of Margaret Mitchells ageA. Womens social status in American society reflected in the novelB. Social influences on Margaret Mitchells female sense1. Awakening of womens consciousness and pushing of anti-slavery movement2. Feministic movements attack on American southern culture and the author. Feminism reflected by typical female charactersA. Feminism in Scarlett OHara 1. Fight against traditional conventions and emphasis on self-consciousness2. Dedication of love and unremitting seek for her own happiness3. Pursuit of economic independence and self-actualizationB. Feminism in Ellen OHara 1. Pursuit of true love and free marriage2. Model mother(a). Establishment of standard manners for others(b). Living and spiritual backbone of the familyIV. Eco-feminism reflected in Gone with the wind A. Introduction of eco-feminismB. Eco-feminism reflected by two natural images in the novel1. Eco-feminism by the image of earth2. Eco-feminism by the image of house(a). House of Gerald(b). House of Melanie(c). House of ScarlettV. Conclusion. IntroductionGone with the Wind, the masterpiece of American female writer Margaret Mitchell is one of the most distinguished representative works of American literature and can be comparable with Tolstoys War and Peace. Merely on the strength of this novel (her singular work), the author Margaret gains a world-wide reputation. Having broken the sales records immediately upon its publication and been translated into some dozens of foreign languages, it is not only widely read and proclaimed in the United States, but also remains its eternal popularity throughout the whole world.However, quite a few literary critics regard Gone with the Wind as a simple love story and many readers are also merely fascinated by its intricate and moving narration, yet neglecting its implicit ideological values. If it is exclusively an exoteric love story, can it still cast such an enduring literary spell after decades? The answer is definitely not. The reasons for its everlasting enchantment are not only due to its unique writing perspective or artistic expressions but also lie in its deep-going reflection of peoples thoughts of that age or in other words its penetrative intentions. The feministic thought is precisely an essential one in the midst of them, which endows this work with a timeless glamour. This thesis will take a thorough exploration of feminism implicated in this novel. The first part is a general introduction. Then the following part will be an overview of Margaret Mitchells living and creating background, with the next two parts fully probing into the feministic thought in this work through a series of female characters and natural images. Finally, a conclusion sums up the thesis. . Background of Margaret Mitchells ageA. Womens social status in American society reflected in the novel The story takes pl