摘要
在霍桑的文本世界中,多义性不仅作为一种叙事形式,而且也上升到了表现的主题。本文主要从女性主义视角解析《红字》。女主人公海丝特.白兰通过胸前佩戴的象征物红字“A”的意义变化,旨在向传统的父权制社会的表意系统,即字母“A”———通奸的符号提出挑战。她勇于反抗当时政教(加尔文教)合一的男性权威的定义,帮助人们认识到字母“A”,作为一种能指,在不同的语境下有不同的象征意义,可以产生不同的所指。这样不同所指之间的转化在话语层面上颠覆了男性话语的霸权,折射出海丝特.白兰勇于反抗并最终获得拯救的一生,从而在历史上发出了自己不同的声音。
In Hawthorne＇ texts, ambiguity is not only a form of narration, but a motif of representation as well. This paper is mainly an analysis of Hester Prynne, the heroine of The Scarlet Letter, from the perspective of feminism. Through the varying meanings of the scarlet letter ＂A＂, Hester questions the conventional patriarchal signifying system of ＂A＂-＂Adultery＂. Hester tends to defy the man-centered authority in the patriarchal Calvinistic society. Allowing the signifier ＂A＂ to generate different meanings in different contexts, Hawthorne subverts the authority of male discourse, reconstructs a ＂her＂ story recording a repentant sinner＇s spiritual odyssey, and thereby speaks differently in history.
出处
《外国语言文学》
2005年第2期135-137,134,共4页
Foreign Language and Literature Studies
