父权制下女性的疯狂与恐怖——心理解读福克纳笔下的爱米丽

A Psychological Interpretation of William Faulkner's Emily

从女性主义角度,用心理分析的方式来剖析福克纳的短篇小说《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》女主人公爱米丽,可以从一个新的角度来解读这篇充满恐怖色彩的哥特式小说,窥视小说的魅力。小说叙述了一位深受父权制社会压抑的女性人物——爱米丽的人生悲剧。她的一生是孤独的,身心长期受到压抑,在恐怖的氛围中实施了她的疯狂行为。主人公的孤独人生和悲惨生活揭示了美国南方社会旧传统、宗教和社会势力对人性特别是对妇女的摧残。

Employing the psycho-analytic method to read the character of Emily in the perspective of feminism offers a new angle to interpret the charm of this Gothic story. William Faulkner＇s short story ＂A Rose for Emily＂ relates the tragic life of Emily afflicted by patriarchy. As a victim of the Puritanical concept of woman morals in American south, Emily suffers perpetual loneliness and emotional oppression, which leads to her terrifying act of madness. The tragedy of Emily reveals the destruction of humanity, and women in particular, by the old social and religious forces in American south.