狄更斯小说中的“边缘人物”与维多利亚意识形态的权力话语

A Study of the Marginalized Characters in Dickens's Novels and the Victorian Ideological Power Discourse

在英国维多利亚社会中生活着一个特殊的社会群体,从阶级身份上看,它属于下层中产阶级,从社会生存状态上看,它是被边缘化了的一个社会群体,常常为主流社会所忽略;然而在狄更斯笔下,它却是最生动活跃的群体。虽然国内外对狄更斯其人其作的评论可谓是汗牛充栋,但对这些生动活泼的边缘人物却甚少关注,因此,本文以马克思主义相关理论为指导,采用新历史主义研究策略对狄更斯小说中这些边缘化人物进行重新审视,由此以揭示这一群体独特的阶级身份特征,展示它的特殊生存状态,并力图在意识形态层面上阐释它所揭示的思想意义。

In the Victorian society lived a special group of people. They belonged to the lower middle class if perceived from their class status and were marginalized if perceived from their existence because they were often ignored by the mainstream society. However, in Dickens＇ s novels, they are portrayed vividly and full of vitality. Though an immense number of commentaries have been devoted to the studies of Dickens＇ s novels both at home and abroad, few of them are concerned with these marginalized characters. Guided by Marxist views of classes and starting with a New-historicist perspective, this paper will reexamine the characters in Dickens＇ s novels, revealing their unique class status as a social group and demonstrating their special existence. Finally it will elaborate the significance of the characters at the ideological level.