凯特·肖邦美国十九世纪女性作家,其长篇小说《觉醒》一直被视为其代表作之一。小说以美国新奥尔良为背景,描述了一个深感不幸的已婚妇女艾德娜与婚姻中的束缚抗争,并努力追求其自身自由和艺术价值的故事。本文试图以作者对故事中主要女性人物的刻画为基础,从而论证女性人物的自我意识。 Kate Chopin American 19th-century female writer whose novel Awakening has always been regarded as one of its representative works. The novel, based in New Orleans, USA, describes a story of a deeply unhappy married woman, Edna, fighting the bondage of marriage and pursuing her own freedom and artistic value. This article attempts to argue the self-awareness of female characters based on the author’s portrayal of the main female characters in the story.