凯特·肖班是一位勇敢的先河作家,因为本应“相夫教子”的女作家凯特·肖班敢于第一个将女性情欲为主题的小说发表出来。在男权意识的社会,她所需要的勇气、坦诚及对女性处境的认知和同情都可想而知。《觉醒》从人类生命的高度解析了当时的禁忌话题——女性价值、离婚、性欲等问题,勇敢地暴露了男权文明下“被摧残、扼杀”的女性生活,在美国文学史上开辟了新的创作园地。《觉醒》是凯 Kate Chopin is a brave pioneer writer, because Kate Shawain, a supposedly “godfather” writer, dared to publish her first novel about women’s eroticism. In a patriarchal society, the courage, candor she needs and the awareness and sympathy for the situation of women can be imagined. From the height of human life, Awakening analyzes the taboo topics at the time - female value, divorce, sexual desire and other issues, courageously exposed the feminine life under the patriarchal culture and opened up the history of American literature The new creative garden. Awakening is Kay