How Liberal Feminism in A Doll’s House Positively Influenced the Emancipation of Women’s Thought in China After the May Fourth Movement, 1919–1949

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_303How to use a DOI?

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A Doll’s House; Liberal Feminism; Chinese Feminist Literature; Patriarchal Society

Abstract

In Ibsen’s A Doll’s House the transformation and growth of the female protagonist Nara in the play reflect the idea of liberal feminism, showing women trying to break out of their dependence on men and seeking independent personhood and economic freedom. This work was introduced to China after the May Fourth Movement in 1919, and along with the new cultural movement, the liberal feminism in the work contributed to the emergence of indigenous Chinese feminist literature, and literature and the media to some extent proliferated this idea, as women in the Republican era began to leave their families and marriages in search of economic independence and freedom of love. Society, in general, came to accept that women could have their freedom, and they were able to pursue higher education and achieve recognized independent outcomes. However, the influence was still social-class limited. Women who awakened to their sense of self were still largely confined to the framework of a patriarchal society that is invaded by capital.

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