Abstract：Garcia Marquez is a world-renowned Latin American writer in the 20th century, an outstanding representative of magic realism novels. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his One Hundred Years of Solitude in 1982. Love in the Time of Cholera was published in 1985. It was the first novel about love in nearly 40 years of his literary career. Therefore, when the work came out, it was an immediate success and won wide critical acclaim. The novel describes a love story of Fermina and Ariza that lasts more than half a century. With the emotional entanglements of Ariza and Fermina, and the traditional marriage between Urbino and Fermina as the mainline, the story ends with the eternal fidelity and everlasting love. The novel successfully describes different types of love. It is known as the "Encyclopedia of Love."

In recent years, most of the domestic and foreign scholars on the study of Love in the Time of Cholera mainly focus on character traits, writing styles, artistic techniques, social and family ethics, but there is still a lack of systematic and comprehensive analysis of their love themes. Hence, based on previous research, through the literature review and textual reading, this paper will analyze the psychology and behavior of the heroine in each stage of the novel, to explore the development and change of her love concept from the angle of feminist. It will also analyze the social and historical factors that cause such love view, and shows the author's high praise for the heroine's firmness and courage in the pursuit of love.

Keywords: Love in the Time of Cholera  Marquez  Love value  Feminism

Contents

Abstract

摘要

Chapter One Introduction-1

1.1 Introduction to Gabriel Garcia Marquez-1

1.2 Introduction to Love in the Time of Cholera-1

1.3 Research Status of Love in the Time of Cholera-2

1.4 Thesis Structure-2

Chapter Two Brief Information about Feminism-4

2.1 The Definition of Feminism-4

2.2 The Orgin and Development of Feminism-4

2.3 The Significance of Feminism in Modern Age-5

Chapter Three The Evolvement of Fermina's Love Value-6

3.1 Constrained by the Objective Reality-6

3.2 Living up to the Patriarchal Expectations-7

3.3 Fermina’s Self-awareness Fully Awakened-8

Chapter Four Decisive Factors Influencing the Love Value of Fermina-10

4.1 The Economic Status and Social Ranks-10

4.2 The Oppression of Patriarchy-11

4.3 The Tendency towards Compromises in Women-11

Chapter Five Conclusion-13

References-14