Abstract:
The image of woman servant in the 1930’s novels was plural and distinctively characteristic of the day, of which the image of a “bound” maiden, that of a “free” married woman servant, and that of an “alienated” woman servant were among the most outstanding. These varied images of women servants were basically characterized with converting from noble to common, representing “beauty” and “goodness” and ending in different fates, portrayed as the “unknown” inferior, miserable weak existence, and selfless and lovebearing mother, and typified by the “concubine”, the “hired wife”, or the “child bride”. These images of women servants are distinctive, varied, and discriminatively artistic, which are of profound significance and of rich social value and aesthetic value.
