Abstract: This study aims to analyze the formation of Jo March’s feminist consciousness in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. To the author of this thesis, Jo March’s feminist consciousness is mainly affected by the social environment she lives, her familial education and her own ability of self-reflection. Living in a special time that patriarchy has gradually lost its dominated position and more and more women come to the stage of history, nurtured by the harmonious atmosphere in a sweet home in which she receives the best education from her parents and has learned much from her three sisters, and endowed with insightful self-reflection spirit, she finally becomes a new woman and representation of new women in that society.
Key words: little women, feminist consciousness, patriarchy, familial education, self-reflection
摘要：本文将通过对奥尔科特的《小妇人》的研究，认为女主人公乔·马奇女性意识深受社会环境、家庭教育及个人自省精神影响。乔·马奇身处社会转型时期，社会各方面都在发生变革，父权制日渐式微，女性登上历史舞台。如此成长环境下，她受到社会氛围的熏陶。并且她成长于一个十分温馨的家庭，父母给了她爱和教育，三个姐妹给了她巨大的影响，更重要的是，与生俱来的内省精神使她越发的自立自强。最终，她成长为了一位具有时代标志性意义的“新女性”。
关键词：《小妇人》，女性意识，父权制，家庭教育，自省精神
