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1、APsychologicalAnalysisoftheStory【Abstract】KateChopinisafamousfeministwriter.Astrongsenseoffeminineconsciousnessisembodiedinherworks.Hersuccessfuladoptionofthepsychologicalapproach,specificallythestreamofconsciousness,addsgrandeurtosplendorofherliterarycreation.Thesuccessfulemploymentofpsychologicala
2、pproachinTheStoryofanHournotonlyhasachieveddramaticeffectsandintensifiedthethemesbutalsohasexposedthewomensanacliticsituation.【Keywordst】TheStoryofanHour;PsychologicalAnalysis;FeministConsciousness.KateChopinwasborninSt.Louis,Missouriin1851.ShewasraisedbyastrictCatholicmotherandattendedtheAcademyofS
3、acredHeart,whereshewasexpectedtolearnallthesocialgraces.LatershemovedtoNewOrleansandthereshemarriedtoOscarChopin.Butitwasafterthedeathofherhusbandthatshestartedherliterarycareer.Shehaswrittenmanyshortstoriesandpublishedtwocollections,BayouFolkandANightinAcadie,insuccessionandsomefamousnovelssuchasAw
4、akening,whichisnowregardedasoneofthefeministmasterpieces.However,whenitwasfirstpublished,attacksthrewuponherandstunnedhersomuchthatshekeptsilentandwrotelittleelsethroughouttherestofherlifebecauseithasboldlytoucheduponandexposedsomesensitivesocialproblems.Inhernovels,wewillfindthatsheoftenrepeatedthe
5、samethemeandrelatedmarriagetothecageofbars.IfwethrowoureyesontoherEmancipation:theLifeFable,TheStoryofanHourandAwakening,wewillbeassuredofthis.Shehasgivenussomuchfoodtoconsiderthesignificanceoflifeandmarriageandtheembarrassingsituationinwhichwomenlivedthatsheislaterlabeledbytheradicalfeministsin1970
6、sasoneofthewomanwriterswithastrongfeminineconsciousness,althoughsurprisingly,sheherselfresolutelydeniedit.Actuallyitisunderstandablethatsheistakenasaprogressivewomanwriteroffeminineconsciousnessbecauseinhertimes,thesecondwomenmovementbegantosweepoverthewholecountry.Andinherworkstheheroineswerenotmer
7、elycontentedwiththeirfamilylife.Instead,theytriedeverywaysandmeanstobreakthefettersforceduponthem.Theywantedtopursuetheirindividualfreedomandspiritualindependenceanddidntwanttoplayatraditionalroleanylonger.Mostoftheheroinesunderherpen,likeEdnaPontellierandMrs.Mallard,weremoreorlessrebellious,althoug
8、htheirresistancemostlyendedinself-destructionandcompromise.Maybeshewassoradicalthatthepublichadntyetpreparedtoacceptherthen.JustasJaneBailHowardput,sheutteredavoicesofaraheadofhertimes.WhenKateChopinlived,anotherinfluentialtrendthatprevailedintheUnitedStatesandtheEuropeanContinent,namelytheso-called
9、psychoanalysispresentedbytheAustrianpsychologist,SigmundFreud.Hedivideshumanpsycheroughlyintothreeparts:conscious,preconsciousandunconsciousmind.InilluminatingthementalprocesseshefurtherdistinguishesthethreepsycheareasofthemindastheId,theego,andthesuperego.Toelucidatetheirinterplay,heputforwardthepl
10、easure,realityandthemoralityprinciples.Histheorieshavecontributedalottomodernpsychologyandalsoexertedaprofoundinfluenceuponmanysocialaspects,includingliterature.Manyfamouswritersattributetheirdebtstohim.AlthoughthereisnomuchevidencethatFreudhasdirectlyinfluencedKateChopin,yetwecanfindthatshehasrepea
11、tedlyadoptedthepsychologicalapproachinhershortstories,novellasandnovels,amongwhichTheStoryofanHourisatypicalexample.Andthesuccessfulemploymentofthepsychologicalapproachorstreamofconsciousnesshasachievedthedramaticeffectsandintensifiedthethemes.Mrs.Mallard,theheroine,livedasuperficiallyhappylifeinoth
12、erpeopleseyesaccordingtotheconventionalandsecularcriteria.Herhusbandwasgentleandconsiderate,sotheyweredeemedtobeaperfectmatch.However,deepinsideherheartshefeltmuchinhibited.Nooneknew,includingherhusband,ofherspiritualdemands.Yetshehadtomakeothersbelievethatshewashappyandlucky.Shehadtoactthetradition
13、alroleasavirtuouswife,notforherself,butforothers.AccordingtoPeggySkaggs,theheroinesintheworksofKateChopinoftenlivedatwo-facetedlife.Theylivedindisguisetohidetheirrealfeelingsandintentions.Thewomeninthe19thcenturywererequiredtolearnallthesocialgraces(Theauthoressherselfwasalsorequiredtodosoinherpuberty.)andencouragedtofollowtherulesandprinciplesasmenwantedthemtodo.IntheAmericanfictionGonewiththewind,wecanseethatMummyhasonceandagainthreatenedScarlettthatnomanwouldtaketherisktomarryherifsheinsistedondoingassheliked.Mostwomenwerereducedtothevictimsoftheth
