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Blanche’s Destruction: Feminist Analysis on A Streetcar Named Desire

2010; Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture; Volume: 4; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3968/j.css.1923669720080403.013

1923-6697

Wei Fang,

Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research

A Streetcar Named Desire is a famous play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1984. He is highly praised and eulogized for its delicate construction, refined writing, vivid characters and provoking thoughts. It mainly deals with the conflicts between two symbolic characters, Blanche DuBois—a fading gentlewoman of the Old South--and Stanley Kowalski, an industrial, urban immigrant with unrefined characteristics. In particular, Blanche, as the representative of delicate and fragile southern female images, has been the focus of discussion. This paper analyzes this typical controversial heroine from the perspective of feminism in terms of social culture, economic factor and women’s psychology to find out the main factors for her destruction. Key words: desire, feminism, social culture, economic factor, women’s psychology Resume: Un Tramway Nomme Desir est une celebre piece ecrite par le dramaturge americain Tennessee Williams, pour lequel il a recu le Prix Pulitzer pour le Drame en 1984. Il est tres apprecie et louange pour sa construction delicate, son ecriture raffinee, ses personnages vivants et d’inspirer la reflexion. Il traite essentiellement les conflits entre les deux personnages symboliques, Blanche Dubois-une dame fanee de vieux Sud - et Stanley Kowalski, un immigrant urbain industriel avec la caracteristique non raffinee. En particulier, Blanche, comme le representant de l’image des femmes du sud delicat et fragile, etait le point focal de la discussion. Ce document analyse cette heroine typique controversee du point de vue du feminisme en termes de culture sociale, facteur economique et psychologie des femmes a connaitre les facteurs principaux de sa destruction. Mots-Cles: desir, feminisme, culture sociale, facteur economique, psychologie des femmes