刀刃上的舞者——评《太阳照样升起》中勃莱特·阿施利的双重形象

A Dancer on the Edge of Knife——Comments on Brett Ashley's Double Images in The Sun Also Rises

勃莱特.阿施利是海明威的长篇小说《太阳照样升起》中的女主人公。长期以来,她被评定为“魔女”或者“坏女人”。60年代中后期,许多女学者从女权主义批评的角度出发将勃莱特视为西方20世纪20年代新女性的代表。二种观点相左。本文从勃莱特所处的时代背景着手,通过分析她的生活方式和思想情绪,说明她在《太阳照样升起》中既有颠覆者又有依附者的双重性格,扮演着刀刃上舞者的形象。

Brett Ashley, a female protagonist in Hemingway＇ s novel The Sun Also Rises, has been regarded as a ＂Circe＂ or a ＂bitch＂ for ages. But in the late 1960s, many female scholars concluded, from the perspective of feminism, that Brett was a new woman, representing a new image in the western world. Yet this paper has some reservations about the contradictory views. It argues that Brett is portrayed rather as a dancer on the edge of knife through analyzing her lifestyle, thoughts, and feelings in the historical context.