Abstract: The Feminist movement has been considered as the longest movement in the history, and gradually became an organized social movement. As one of the most important masterpieces written by Juan Rulfo, Pedro Paramo had its own unique narrative structure and writing style, it is considered as one of the peak novels in the Latin American literature so far. From the perspective of feminism, the paper aims at analyzing the women who were closely related with the main character, Pedro Paramo, they lived in an unbalanced patriarchal society, contending for their fate and survived to choose for different ways, which reflects they were eager to go after freedom and equality. And in the meanwhile, all of these make us have more new thoughts for feminism.

Key words: feminism; Pedro Paramo; patriarchal society; equality; freedom

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction-1

1.1 An Introduction to Juan Rulfo and Pedro Paramo-1

1.2 Previous Studies on Pedro Paramo-2

2. On the Feminism-4

2.1 The Definition of Feminism-4

2.2The Different Stages of Feminism-5

3. The Relation between the Novel and Reality-6

3.1 Mexican History from the Society of Pedro Paramo-7

3.2 Feminism and sexist tradition in Mexico-8

4. An Analysis of Women in Comala from the Perspective of Feminism-10

4.1 The Male-Female Relationship-10

4.1.1 The Self-Awareness of Susana-11

4.1.2 Alternate and Self-Sacrificing Mothers-12

4.1.3 The Implied Maternity of Dolores and Pedro Paramo’s Mother-14

4.2 The Marriage and Sex-15

4.2.1 Love and Foolery-15

4.2.2 Submission and Resistance-17

5. Conclusion-18

Reference-20