A Unique Image in Australian Literature
—–an analysis of Sybylla’s image in My Brilliant Career
Contents
Acknowledgements……….………………….……………………….i
Abstract…………………………………..…………………………..ii
内容摘要…………………………………………………………….iii
Chapter One Miles Franklin and her My Brilliant Career 2
1.1 Miles Franklin and her major works 2
1.2 My Brilliant Career, the author’s first novel 5
Chapter Two An Analysis of Sybylla’s Characters 8
2.1 An Independent and Rebellious Figure 10
2.1.1 Her Rebellion against the Family 10
2.1.2 Her Struggle Against the Environment 11
2.1.3 Her Rebellion against the Conventional Concept of Marriage 15
2.2 A girl of distorted character 17
3.1 Some general features of women characters in English Literature 26
3.2 A comparison between Sybylla and Jane Eyre 28
3.3 A comparison between Sybylla and Elizabeth 32