Transcendentality Of Margaret Fuller’s Flower Language Imagery Writing

The flower language imagery is an essential carrier that Margaret Fuller ponders over women’s problems from the perspective of Transcendentalism.Her writing strategy goes beyond the limitation that traditional flower language works can only be regarded as recreational reading materials.By endowing flower imagery with particular women’s temperaments and fates,Fuller boldly presents and analyzes serval issues that trouble women all the time.Based on Transcendentalism,Fuller puts forward a practical scheme to relieve women’s current dilemma and points out that the realization of women’s advancement and social perfection cannot be achieved without the joint efforts of the two genders,which raises the significance of women’s problems to an unprecedented level.Besides,two main studying approaches are adopted: the documentary approach and the comparative approach,hoping to systematically trace the historical development of flower language imagery,sort out the social context at a certain period,and summarize the similarities and differences between Fuller’s thoughts and original Transcendentalism.First of all,this study navigates the forming of Fuller’s flower language imagery from the aspects of history,culture,and society as well as makes the introduction of Fuller’s representative works using this imagery.After that,it abstracts and analyses the writing characteristics of Fuller’s flower language imagery,including inspiring function,indirect expression,and mythological elements.Also,not only does it list the ideal projection of women images signified by flower language imagery from the angle of image-shaping,but also thoroughly interprets how “three steps” advocated by Fuller can breakthrough women’s dilemma from the angle of practical guidance.Finally,there is a comparison between Fuller’s thoughts and Transcendentalism represented by Emerson,which exhibits the far-sighted vision of this female writer and outlines the ideological transformations and internal contradictions within Transcendentalism.Fuller’s transcendental writing of flower language imagery is a brave attempt against the patriarchal society,which starts the precedent of American Feminism discourse.In addition to subverting the public’s stereotype of women,Fuller,with her foresight,also strives to break the shackles of gender opposition,making flower language imagery become a powerful weapon to promote women to voice openly.