婚姻不应该是对女性自由的束缚,否则爱就会成为一种负担,让人觉得压抑,沉重得难以负荷,直至觉得窒息。这便是凯特·肖邦通过《一个小时的故事》(以下简称《故事》)带给人们的思索。 凯特·肖邦(1851-1904)在三十多岁时才开始其小说创作,但却成为了美国知名的“地方主义作家”。不过把她叫做“早期女权主义作家”也许更加合适一些。肖邦对路易斯安那州细致传神的描写足以与布雷德·哈特(Bret Harte)笔下的西部景色以及撒拉·奥恩·杰维特(Sarah Orne Marriage should not be the fetter of freedom of women, or love will become a burden, people feel depressed, too heavy to be loaded until suffocated. This is what Kate Chopin brought to people through the “one-hour story” (hereinafter referred to as “story”). Kate Chopin (1851-1904) began his fiction writing in his thirties but became a well-known “writer of localism” in the United States. But calling her “an early feminist writer” may be more appropriate. Chopin’s delicate and vivid portrayal of Louisiana was enough to match the western scenery by Bret Harte and Sarah Orne