This paper discusses how the young girl who is typically the first-person narrator in Alice Munro’s short stories, especially in the collection Dance of the Happy Shades, acquires a gender identity during childhood. The objective of this paper is to examine the possibilities for this narrator to establish her own principles based on women’s special qualities and personalities and to build a community for women. The organization of this paper follows the girl’s experiences through the mother’s domestic space and the father’s working space. Most of all, I focus on the characteristics of the narrating girl who does not understand the exact meaning of her parents’ behavior and attitude, but describes all that happens to her and reveals the hidden reality beyond the obvious world. Also, I pay attention to the gap between her dissatisfied moment with her mother and her unintentional disclosure of how her gendered identity has permeated her everyday life. I propose that the discordant relationship between the mother and the daughter gives rise to the possibility of her considering how to become an adult in future. In conclusion, this paper explores the possibility in Munro’s fiction to develop a new female figure that penetrates both gendered spaces. The most remarkable characteristics of characters that do so are the attention they pay to their everyday lives and their transformation into political subjects who face reality and have the ability to analyze their situation in their own voice.

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爱丽丝·蒙罗短篇小说中的女孩与性别

本文讨论了通常是爱丽丝·蒙罗（Alice Munro）短篇小说中第一人称叙述者的年轻女孩，尤其是在“快乐的阴影之舞”（Dance of the Happy Shades）中如何在童年时期获得性别认同。本文的目的是研究这位叙述者根据女性的特殊品质和个性建立自己的原则并为女性建立社区的可能性。本文的组织遵循女孩在母亲的家庭空间和父亲的工作空间中的经历。最重要的是，我着眼于叙述女孩的特征，该女孩不了解父母行为和态度的确切含义，但是描述了发生在她身上的一切，并揭示了明显世界之外的隐藏现实。也，我注意到她对母亲的不满意时光与她无意间透露出自己的性别认同如何渗透到她的日常生活之间的差距。我认为，母女之间的不和谐关系使她有可能考虑将来如何成年。总之，本文探讨了Munro小说中发展出可以同时渗透两性空间的新女性形象的可能性。角色最显着的特征是他们对日常生活的关注，以及他们转变为面对现实并能够用自己的声音分析其处境的政治主体。我认为，母女之间的不和谐关系使她有可能考虑将来如何成年。总之，本文探讨了Munro小说中发展出可以同时渗透两性空间的新女性形象的可能性。角色最显着的特征是他们对日常生活的关注，以及他们转变为面对现实并能够用自己的声音分析其处境的政治主体。我认为，母女之间的不和谐关系使她有可能考虑将来如何成年。总之，本文探讨了Munro小说中发展出可以同时渗透两性空间的新女性形象的可能性。角色最显着的特征是他们对日常生活的关注，以及他们转变为面对现实并能够用自己的声音分析其处境的政治主体。