女艺术家创作身份的重构——论拜厄特《占有》中对女主人公拉莫特的神话性塑造

The Identity Reconstruction of Female Artist:On the Mythic Depiction of Female Character LaMotte in Byatt's Possession

神话的借用或改写是英国当代知识分子女作家A.S.拜厄特塑造女艺术家形象的一个重要手段,是一个值得特别关注的问题。本文以《占有》为研究文本,采用神话批评理论和女性主义视角,以相关的神话为线索,比较神话人物与小说人物在不同语境下的生存状态,探究神话的借用或改写对人物身份的识别,尤其对女艺术家身份重构所产生的作用。

Adaptation or adoption of myths and fairy tales is one of the effective means for A.S.Byatt to depict her central characters as female artists in her novels,which deserves special critical attention.Focusing on the central character Christabel LaMotte in Byatt's summit novel,Possession,this paper is intended to make a comparative study of the different states of existence of the mythic figures and of the central female character within different social and cultural contexts through mythological and feminist approaches in hopes of exploring how these traditional tales work effectively upon the depiction of this female character,especially on her creative identity recognition and reconstruction as a female artist.