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Chinese Studies of Female Characters in Hardy's Novels: A Feminist Approach
Author(s) -
Ling Bo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/lic3.12296
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , criticism , china , variety (cybernetics) , identification (biology) , gender studies , presentation (obstetrics) , literature , history , psychology , sociology , art , medicine , visual arts , botany , archaeology , radiology , artificial intelligence , biology , computer science
Hardy's novels were characterized by a great variety of women. Since the introduction of Hardy to China, critics have considered his female characters from diverse perspectives and arrived at different and even contradictory conclusions. This paper aims to outline the landscape of Chinese studies of Hardy's women characters. Particular attention will be given to the three types of women Chinese critics identify in Hardy's novels. Since studies of women figures will inevitably cover issues which are major concerns of feminist criticism, this paper will also comment on these studies from a feminist perspective. Though these critics arrive at different conclusions and hold diverse views towards Hardy's female characters, their identification of three types of women captures the intrinsic pattern and logic behind Hardy's observation and presentation of women.