《快乐之家》故事背景是19世纪末、20世纪初的美国,这正是变革的时代。小说中的女主角丽莉·巴特承受了很多的争议。本文旨在从性别研究的角度研究丽莉的形象,探究其所具有的象征意义。社会性别的定义有四个范畴:文化上的象征意义,规范性的表述,社会制度以及主体认同。通过对后三个方面的分析,作者试图进一步分析丽莉的象征性意义,并将丽莉的个案与当时的整体女权主义状况相联系。 “Happy House” story background is the late 19th century, early 20th century, the United States, this is exactly the era of change. The novel heroine Lily Butter suffered a lot of controversy. The purpose of this article is to study Lily’s image from the perspective of gender studies and explore the symbolic meaning it has. There are four categories of gender definitions: cultural symbolic meaning, normative expression, social system, and subjective identity. Through the analysis of the latter three aspects, the author attempts to further analyze the symbolic meaning of Lily and relate the case of Lily to the overall situation of feminism at that time.