《天边外》的女性主义解读

Beyond the Horizon: A Feminist Approach

《天边外》是“美国戏剧之父”尤金.奥尼尔早期戏剧创作的典范。奥尼尔主要通过剧中露斯对自主爱情的追求和对男性的依赖,以及剧作家本人对男性的丑化,展现了一个在男权中心文化中深受男权思想毒害但又不甘向命运屈服的女性形象,表达了剧作家对女性的理解、同情和支持,并以此唤起人们对女性遭受歧视这一问题的重视。

＂Beyond the Horizon＂ is a masterpiece in the early days of ＂Father of American Drama＂ Eugene O＇eill. Through the portrayal of Ruth＇s active pursuit of love, her insistent de pendence on the male and the playwright＇s uglification of the male characters, Eugene O＇Neill has presented a female character suffering from the contamination of the patriarchal culture, but never yielding to fate, which imPliess that he understands, sympathizes with and supports the female. In this way, the public attention is called to the discrimination of the female.