主宰家庭和城市社会的父权机制——解读克莱斯特的叙事文本《智利地震》

The Patriarchy Dominating Family and Urban Society:Interpreting The Earthquake in Chile by Heinrich von Kleist

人类历史发展到一定阶段时出现了父权统治下的社会秩序,男性在家庭、宗教及世俗社会机构中拥有特权。与父权社会秩序相对的是母权社会秩序,人们通常将后者与自然、情感等所谓女性特质联系在一起,而将前者与社会性、理智等男性特质相联系。克莱斯特的叙事文本《智利地震》展现的是这两种秩序在一种自然的、非人力所决定的条件下发生的碰撞,揭示了人们最终在父权社会秩序的思维定势中重新臣服于父权秩序。

As man evolved to a certain stage, patriarchy emerged as a social order, in which men were privileged in families, religion as well as secular social institutions. As opposed to matriarchy, this social order is usually associated with male characteristics like being sociable and sensible, while the former is associated with female characteristics like being natural and sensitive. The Earthquake in Chile by Heinrich von Kleist depicted the collision of the two social orders in natural conditions, and disclosed that it was due to people＇s psychological set of patriarchy that the patriarchal order eventually prevailed.