摘要
《献给艾米莉的玫瑰》中的女主人公艾米莉显赫的社会地位和悲剧性结局之间有着深刻的内在联系。艾米莉在很大程度上不是为了自己而存在 ,而是行使了一种制度和文化的象征功能 ,作为一个精神基石支撑着走向分崩离析的旧南方。她为执行这一宏大使命付出惨重的代价 ,因为作为一个偶像她必须接受旧南方规范的严厉制约 ,不能按照自己的意愿和本能的渴望健全地发展 ,不能拥有常人一样的爱情、婚姻和家庭。
This essay uses the scapegoat theory of the French philosopher René Girard to explore the reasons why the affair of the heroine of William Faulkner′s masterpiece ”A Rose for Emily” with Barron incurs the community′s strong opposition and interference, takes a close look at the link between her high social position and her tragic end, and points out that Emily, instead of living a life of her own, performs the functions of a symbol of a system and culture and acts as the spiritual pillar supporting the disintegrating Old South. In carrying out this grand mission, she pays a huge price, because as an idol worshiped by the community, she has to be strictly restricted by the norms of the Old South, and has to suppress her human wishes and desires and cover up her true self, give up the rights to participate in social life and have a family. She is in fact a sacrifice dedicated to the Old South.
出处
《山东大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》
北大核心
2004年第2期33-37,共5页
Journal of Shandong University(Philosophy and Social Sciences)
