Mel Bonis (1858-1937), a female French composer, whose original name was Mélanie Hélène Bonis. She changed and gender-neutralized her own name in order to publish her works during the times when women are not valued. This thesis is based on Bonis’s ‘Sonata pour Flûte et Piano, Op. 64’.

The discussion will divide into three chapters. The first one will introduce the composer’s background before into the next chapter which analysis the structure and motive, the final chapter is about the author’s personal point of views, combined with the arts of Western and Orient aesthetics.