Abstract

It widely exists around the world that the female live in the lower class compared to male for a long time in perspective of politics, economy, education, and even in marriage. However, there is a growing trend in the whole world that more women are breaking through in fields of careers, politics, education, economy and even in marriage. The study of feminism in western country began over 200 years ago, which went through 3 periods. In China, the history of feminism research is much shorter than the western country. However, it has a quick development.

This paper focuses on feminism shown in Australian and Chinese literature in perspective of marriage. By analyzing the Australian novel A Change in the Lighting and the Chinese novel Red Rose and White Rose, this paper summarizes the common points and differences in terms of women’s communicative speech acts and women’s ethics, which aims to find the reasons that cause women’s different act to husband’s love affair and to help Chinese women find the answer to some problems which happen in their marriage.

Keywords: A Change in the Lighting; Red Rose and White Rose; Feminism; Communicative Speech Act; Moral Autonomy; Personal Autonomy

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1.Brief Introduction of Main Content.1

1.1 The Australian Novel A Change in the Lighting by Amy Witting. 1

1.2 The Chinese Novel Red Rose and White Rose by Eileen Chang.1

1.3 Moral Autonomy and Personal Autonomy1

1.4 Communicative Speech Act2

2. Common Points in A Change in the Lighting and Red Rose and White Rose in Perspective of Female’s Moral Autonomy.3

3. Difference in A Change in the Lighting and Red Rose and White Rose in Perspective of Female’s Personal Autonomy.5

    3.1 The Sense of Self-protection.5

3.2 Capacity of Interaction with People6

4. Main Female Characters’ Change in A Change in the Lighting and Red Rose and White Rose in Perspective of Communicative Speech Act7

    4.1 Independence Obtained.7

4.2 Confidence and Courage Obtained .7 

    4.3 Yan Lost Confidence, Courage and Independence8

5. Conclusion.9

Reference10