Gender Struggle over Ideological Power in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

Yue-hua GUO

Abstract



Ideological power in gender relations and its contradictions and conflicts are dealt with by different Western playwrights in different approaches. In Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, ideological elements are explored to reveal male misconception of women and causes that entail men’s power. By analyzing gender relations in the form of power struggle, various conflicts between the male and the female are exposed to indicate the intensiveness of the gender struggle in winning over their control. Though men manipulate their power in an open way, women demonstrate their ideological strength with their forceful challenge of masculine power in a more tactful way, and deconstruct the traditional myths of gender roles.
Key words: gender struggle; ideological power; masculine power challenge
Résumé: Le pouvoir idéologique dans les relations de deux sexes, ses contradictions et ses conflits ont été traités par de différents dramaturges européens dans des approches différentes. Dans Maison de poupée d’Ibsen, les éléments idéologiques ont été épuisés pour révéler les idées fausses masculines vis-à-vis des femmes et les raisons pour lesquelles le pourvoir revient toujours aux hommes. En faisant des analyses sur les relations des deux sexes en forme de lutte de pouvoir, des conflits variés entre les hommes et les femmes ont été dévoilés pour indiquer l’intensité de la lutte des sexes dans le but de gagner le contrôle. Bien que les hommes manipulent leur pouvoir ouvertement, les femmes démontrent leur force idéologique dans une façon plus adroite et déconstruient les mythes traditionnels sur les rôles des deux sexes.
Mots-Clés: lutte des sexes; pouvoir idéologique; pouvoir masculin, défi

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/j.css.1923669720090501.007

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