充满悖论的美国女作家凯特·肖邦的小说《觉醒》描写了充满悖论的女主人公埃德娜在男性社会中的异化及异化后的困惑,表现出了美国中产阶级女性在男权社会追求独立自我和个性解放的艰难。在异化了的社会意识形态的影响下,处于从属地位的女性在人格上,在生存方式上和言语行为上很难摆脱被异化的命运。 Paradoxical American writer Kate Chopin’s novel Awakening depicts the alienation and dissimilation confusion of the heroine Eden who is full of paradox in the male society and shows the pursuit of American middle class women in patriarchal society Independence and individual liberation of the difficult. Under the influence of the alienated social ideology, the subordinate women find it hard to get rid of the alienated fate in personality, way of life and speech act.