张爱玲的《金锁记》与严歌苓的《天浴》两部作品,是记叙不同历史环境下女性生存困境的典型之作。文章从女性的历史文化环境着手,分析女性生存困境的表现,具体讨论两部作品中女主人公生存困境的成因及意义,并从两部作品的女主人公寻找自我的过程中,探寻女性自我救赎的可能。 Zhang Ailing’s “Golden Lock” and Yan Geling’s “Bath of Heaven” two works are typical examples of women’s survival difficulties in different historical environments. This article starts with the historical and cultural environment of women, analyzes the performance of women’s predicament in life, discusses the causes and significance of the existence predicament of the heroines in the two works in detail, and explores the self-redemption of women through the heroine’s seeking for self in the two works. may.