Feminist Utopia: A New Viewpoint of Interpreting British and American Literature

Abstract

The literary history of utopian novels has always not been concerned by the literature circles and even excluded from the research field of serious literature. By the latter half of the 18th century, the utopian novels was listed as an important literary phenomenon and recognized as a unique entry point of integrating the British and American literature. From the perspective of utopia, this paper elaborates the definition of and utopia, discusses the development and evolution of utopian works and their influences on utopian literature, points out the criticism and dissatisfaction with male-dominated culture in utopian novels. Through the review and introspection of the living status of the female, the female humanistic care and ecological care are integrated as two new viewpoints of the research on utopian works, so as to comprehensively know the development footprint of utopian literature. Overview of (I) Utopia and The word feminist utopia first occurred in the 1980s. The utopian novels refers to those revealing the thoughts, reflecting the spirit of and concerning the female and human future, with novel as the carrier. The utopian works are called as utopian novel genre. The spirit of is the soul for writing and based on the reality and beyond the reality, which continuously pursues the pioneering spirit of ideal and represents the deepest desire of the female in each era. Its basis is the criticism and negation of bisexual order and also the affirmation and pursuit of ideal bisexual relations mode. The utopian novels provide literature means for the theoretical exploration of feminists, which is the experiment that verifies the assumptions of and also the best carrier of thought and spirit of utopia. The problems concerned by and utopianism are discussed in the form of novel. Thus, it can be seen from the above that the utopian novels criticize the patriarchal oppression and design the female and human future.