2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：女性话题.docx

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜ 美剧中的新女性：拥抱真实，不必非做“大女主” 近年来，电影中的女性形象正在悄然改变：等待白马王子的“傻白甜”不再是主流，取而代之的，是能独挡一面、独立自主的“大女主”。然而，最近的 美 剧中，逐渐出现了一款另类女主形象：她们不是人生赢家，不酷不飒，但却赢得了一众观众的认可。为什么大家会喜欢“又穷又懒”的女醉鬼形象？这类女主身上，代表着怎样的社会现象 Why We Love Lazy, Drunk, Broke Women on TV By Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman When we meet Sam, the 40-something protagonist of the HBO dramedy "Somebody Somewhere," she has returned to her hometown and finds herself stuck there, single, unhappy, struggling with aging parents and a dead-end job. Sam seems to be moving away from, rather than toward, the objects of middle-class aspiration: marriage, children, job security. At one point, she tells her friend Joel she's going to spend a Saturday writing up her goals and accomplishments, before chucklingly admitting her real plans: "I like to lay around drinking wine in my underwear." And why not? It's a relief to see the women of small-screen comedy and dramedy turning their backs on ambition, personal growth and self-actualization. From "Enlightened" to "Broad City," from "Girls" to "I May Destroy You," female protagonists flout expectations that they be hard-working and socially responsible, gravitating instead toward indolence and self-sabotage. They quit their jobs when they get bored; they reject stable relationships, remunerative work and even personal dignity. These new story lines are versions of what the feminist scholar Susan Fraiman calls narratives of "unbecoming," featuring protagonists who undermine their own growth and education, and are more likely to be mired in failure than striving toward wedding rings and corner offices. That's precisely the point: At a time when women are being encouraged to rule the world, the "unbecoming" heroine is a timely reminder that women need not be r