Author(s)

Qiu Huiqian ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages and Culture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China

Corresponding Author

Qiu Huiqian

ABSTRACT

Pu Songling and Edgar Allan Poe are the representative characters of Chinese and Western Gothic novels respectively. Their female characters, Nie Xiaoqian and Madeline, are both oppressed by the patriarchal society and suffer from physical and mental torture, but instead of compromising on this, they burst out with a stronger awareness of resistance. This paper mainly analyzes the awakening of Nie Xiaoqian and Madeline who are in a disadvantaged position under the patriarchal society in the midst of oppression.

KEYWORDS

Awakening; Feminism; Patriarchal society; Allan Poe; Pu Songling

CITE THIS PAPER

Qiu Huiqian, The Awakening of Women's Consciousness in the Patriarchal Society—Take "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Enchanting Shadow" as Examples. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 186-190. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070527.

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