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Original article
Title Perspective of Women between two Culture in France in the 18 Century and China in the 20 Century from the Queen’s Confession by Vitoria Holt and the Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.
Author Teeradet Chuenpraphanusorn, Prakit Bhulapatna & Ongorn Snguayat
Page 53-61

Abstract 

The objective of this research was to study the perspective of women from the Queen’s Confession by Vitoria Holt and the Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. The analytical method from two novels, the history, patriarchy concept and feminism were participating in this investigation. Then, have been using the 4 conceptual flame works to analyse the women's role, women’s values, social disparity or inequality and other social factors. The results were found that; 1) the concept of the women’s role, especially, the political bargaining can be seen in The Queens’s Confession, but in The Good Earth, the women were an exploitation tool for their family only. In contrary, the being a follower; both of two novels were similar ideas in the “hold an arranged marriage”. Moreover, in the genealogy aspect, the women of two novels had the same status in order to produce heirs for the male’s family and taking care the family too.  Furthermore, with the women’s values aspect, 2) it was obviously found in the Queen’s Confession, especially the main characters were bullied in an ethnicity. But in the Chinese society under the concept of “the body under an orchestration”, can be initiated from the women, who were suffering in a value of beauty at the foot binding. Besides, 3) in the concept of the social disparity; the women tyrannical by the social class and gender, can be found with the high and low social status of the woman. Also, in the concept of the women under the social pressure; both of two novels had the same believes in the patriarchal concept. It is no great surprise that the man was also a big person of the family from the past until now. Lastly, in the aspect of other elements of society effect women; mainly in the moral and customary front, it used to be a strong social frame to control the women of two novels that did not do whatever by herself, but permitted women in the family role only.   

Keywords: Perspective of Women, France, China, The Queen’s Confession, The Good Earth


 
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