长期以来 ,妇女一直在情感、意志、个性、才能上遭受到压迫 ,家庭作为社会的细胞正可作为研究女性现实处境的理想场所。美国第一代妇女文学的许多作品正是以此为突破口 ,一改十九世纪初把婚姻作为小说幸福结局的传统模式 ,探讨了女性在婚姻中的困境、她们自我意识的觉醒以及日益高涨的愤怒情绪 For a long time, women have been oppressed in their emotions, wills, personalities and talents. The family as a cell of society can serve as an ideal place for studying the actual situation of women. Many of the works of the first generation of women’s literature in the United States used this as a breakthrough point and changed the traditional model of marriage as the happy ending of novels in the early 19th century. They discussed the predicament of women in marriage, the awakening of their self-awareness and the ever-increasing Angry emotions