臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

本論文主要探討蘿拉．艾斯奇弗在《巧克力情人》與安娜．卡絲狄洛在《米花拉書簡》中的女性自我實現，主要分別援用西蘇，克麗絲蒂娃和伊希迦赫的理論架構進行探討。此三位理論家指出女人必須透過書寫來建立自我並藉由「她的歷史」追尋自我實現，進一步認清女性自身所處的母性空間。本論文共分為五章。第一章略述兩本小說的主角、內容、以及作者，並簡述本論文所採用的理論。第二章援引西蘇的陰性書寫概念來探討書寫就是女性建立主體以追尋自我實現的最佳策略，包括說明陰性書寫的重點—釋放並接受多元異質差異的論述。第三章則以克麗絲蒂娃理論中母性空間的意象來說明女人居住在傳統規範、性別歧視與性矛盾心理等相互連結的空間當中。第四章以伊希迦赫提出之性別差異的概念來說明創造「她的歷史」的必要性—創造一個思想、藝術、詩歌、與語言的新時代。第五章回顧前述要點，並以維琴妮亞．吳爾芙之著作《自己的房間》作為結論。最後並提出現代女性對於自己的認同與未來的省思。

This thesis aims to explore self-realization of women in Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate and Ana Castillo’s The Mixquiahuala Letters. I will apply
Hélène Cixous’, Julia Kristeva’s and Luce Irigaray’s theories to analyze how the protagonists in the two novels establish self-identity and fulfill self-realization through writing herstory and clarifying the space (chora) they dwell. This thesis can be divided into five chapters. The first chapter summarizes the characters, contents, authors, and the theories which are applied in the analysis of the two novels. In Chapter Two, I will investigate how writing can be regarded as the best strategy for women to establish self-identity and thus achieve self-realization through applying
Hélène Cixous’ concept of écriture féminine. The main idea of écriture
féminine—releasing and accepting the multiple heterogeneous differences—will also be discussed. Chapter Three focuses mostly on Julia Kristeva’s concept of “chora” which aims to elaborate on how women live in the interlocking space: traditional rituals, racism and sexual ambivalence. Chapter Four applies Irigaray’s concept of sexual difference to illustrate the necessity for women to create “herstory”—establishing a new age of thought, art, poetry and language. Chapter Five includes a review of the previous chapters and discusses Virginia Woolf’s ideas about women’s writing in A Room of One’s Own as the conclusion.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter One Introduction………………………………….1


Chapter Two Fighting against Social Restriction……………..16


Chapter Three The Interlocking Space of Women: Traditional
Rituals, Racism and Sexual Ambivalence……......39


Chapter Four The Necessity for Women to Create “Herstory”……60


Chapter Five Conclusion……………………………………...78
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