西方女性文学的道德情境及其文化根源

The Moral Condition and Cultural Origin of Western Women Literature

在20世纪以来的西方后工业社会,人们已愈加认识到,自我选择并不仅是无限自由的选择了,人与人之间道德伦理关系的价值与意义日益凸显出来。在这种新的现实语境中重新检视西方女性主义文学批评理论,便会发现英美女性主义和法国女性主义文学两种批评理论都存在一定的缺陷——即执着于抽象的理论层面,而忽视了女性在现实世界的生存境遇,尤其是女性的道德伦理境遇。事实上,西方女性文学表现了道德之善与人生“幸福”、道德反思与道德自律、自我存在与道德自由、和谐情愫与反乌托邦等“道德情境”的“内在冲突”性质,以及对和谐的人际关系与真、善、美的追求。这不仅与西方女性在历史语境中的地位密切相关,也体现了女作家们的宗教道德情结。

Since the western post-industrial period of the 20th century, the public have recognized deeper that self-decision does not only refer to unlimited free choice. The significance of ethical relationship between people becomes more eye-catching, in which western feminist literature critics has to be reconsidered. One can find out there exit flaws in the feminist literature critics of both Britain and France. They dwell on the abstract phase instead of the living conditions, specially the moral and ethical conditions of the women in the real world.