19世纪末美国女作家凯特.肖邦邦以她于1899年出版的小说《觉醒》的作者身份占据着美国女性文学史的重要地位。由于《觉醒》大胆描写婚外情和性意识,在20世纪初出版时受到了舆论界的封杀,马上被列为禁书。直到20世纪五六十年代女权运动的兴起,人们才重新认识了《觉醒》的社会意义 The late 19th century American writer Kate Chopin occupies an important position in the American history of female literature with her identity as the author of the novel Awakening published in 1899. As the “Awakening” bold description of extra-marital affairs and sexual awareness, published in early 20th century by the media blocked, immediately be banned as a book. Until the rise of feminism in the 1950s and 1960s, people realized the social significance of “awakening” again