华盛顿·欧文的小说《睡谷的传说》的新历史主义解读

A New Historical Interpretation of Washiongton lrving's Novel The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

本文从新历史主义角度解读了华盛顿.欧文的小说《睡谷的传说》,作者站在边缘的立场,以睡谷里旧时田园生活的边缘文化颠覆资本主义中心文化,但作者的颠覆意图最终被资本主义主流话语所含纳并成为主流话语流通中的载体。然而在颠覆与含纳的角斗中,小说文本也参与了对历史的塑造。

In this paper, Washington Irving＇s novel The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been analyzed in the new historical perspective. The author sent himself into exil and placed himself in a marginal viewpoint. The marginal culture of the old rural life in the Sleepy Hollow is called upon to subvert the capitalist main stream culture. However, the author＇s intention of subversion is finally contained by the capitalist dominant discourse and the novel becomes a carrier of capitalist ideology in circulation. Nevertheless, in the wrestling between subversion and containment, the novel actually took part in the shaping of history.