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Abstract As a famous novelist，critic of literature，playwright and prose writer, Henry James occupies an important place in Britain and American history of literature．His novels mainly discuss in such two different cultural collision，the female characters still hold to their own spiritual morals and conscience and pursue freedom and happiness．This paper takes two female images in Henry James’s novels as the point of tangency, analyzing female images and revealing their choices，confusions and pursuits in the European and American cultural collision，and some other deep implications.
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This thesis includes six chapters and a conclusion. In the introduction part, it gives a brief summary of the writer’s life, literary reputation and the significance of writing this essay. Chapter Two presents different perspectives to study the two novels. Chapter Three explains the origin and significance of European and American cultural theme，and unique angles of new women．Chapter Four puts its emphasis on discussing the new woman in Henry Jame’s two novels. Compared with Daisy, Isabel reflects clearly James’s idea about inpidualism．Chapter Five dwells on the comparison between Daisy’s Tragedy and Isabel’s Tragedy from the life they experienced. The last part is the conclusion. From the female perspective in James’s novels to view the cultural conflicts we can see the process from exclusion to inclusion.
Key Words: Henry James, female perspective, culture-conflict
摘要
作为一个著名的小说家，文学评论家，剧作家和散文作家。亨利•詹姆斯在英美两国的文学史上占有重要的一席之地。他的小说主要讨论了在如此不同的两种文化冲突大背景下，女性角色仍然坚持自己的精神道德和良心并且积极追求自由和快乐。这篇论文从亨利•詹姆斯的两篇小说中的女主人公入手，分析女性形象并揭示她们在欧洲和美国文化的碰撞下做出的选择，碰到的困惑和自己的追求以及一些其他的深层含义。9279
本文共分为优尔个章节和一个结论。在引言部分，首先简单地给出了作家的生活，在文学上的地位以及写这篇文章的意义。第二章介绍两本小说，并指出不同角度研究的文献综述。第三章介绍了欧美文化主题的源起和意义。第四章重点讨论了亨利•詹姆斯两部小说中的新女性。与黛西相比，伊莎贝尔这个女性形象更是作者心中的新女性。第五章将被讨论的两位女主人公的悲剧进行了对比。最后一部分是结论，从亨利•詹姆斯小说中的女性视角中我们看到了文化冲突从排斥到包容的过程。
关键字：亨利•詹姆斯，女性视角，文化冲突
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements….….i
Abstract.…….ii
摘要.iii
1 Introduction.1
1.1 Background Information…. …1
1.2 The Significance… … ….1
2 Literature Review…2
3 The Origin and Meaning of the Theme of European and American Culture and the Unique Perspective of Female.…5
3.1 The Origin and Meaning of the Theme of European and American Culture….5
3.2 The Origin and Meaning of Henry James’s Unique Perspective of Female…7
4 New Woman in Henry James’s Two Novels9
4.1 Daisy Miller—the Germ of New Woman.9
4.2 Isabel Archer— the Jamesian New Woman.10
5 A Comparison between Daisy’s Tragedy and Isabel’s Tragedy.12
5.1 The Cause of Daisy’s Tragedy.….12
5.2 The Disillusion of Isabel’s Marriage…13
6 Conclusion…16
Bibliography…17
1 Introduction
1.1 Background Information
Henry James is an outstanding American novelist and stylist, who was without question the first American novelist to truly bring his work into the mainstream of world literature, which means he made the American novel something more than the product of an American. He made it an art form, a work as sophisticated as the well-written poem, and his works rank with the outstanding writers not only of America, but also of Europe.