妥协与反叛——《金粉世家》中女性命运与女性现代意识的分析

Compromise and Rebellion——An Analysis of the Fate and the Modern Awareness of the Female Characters in An Aristocratic Family

张恨水的长篇小说《金粉世家》塑造了一系列生活在特定的男权社会背景下的女性悲剧形象。她们或被迫逃离或归于佛门。作为女性,她们在新旧时代交替下表现出了矛盾的本质——沉沦与反叛。她们妥协于男权社会,表现为依赖,柔弱,但她们又是一群具有现代进步意识的女性,表现为反叛,要求人格独立,强烈自尊并无声反抗。尽管她们失败了,但其自我意识的觉醒与自我救赎的精神为广大女性追求独立与自尊,建构两性和谐社会起到了推动和警醒作用。

In his novel— An Aristocratic Family,ZHANG Hen-shui portays a number of tragic female characters against a background of a male-dominated society,who were compelled either to flee from home or to be converted to Buddhism,which manifests their paradoxical character of degradation and rebellion in the transition from the old times to the new.Dependent and weak as they were in a male-dominated society,they were of modern awareness,being rebellious,independent and self-respecting.The awakening of their self-awareness as well as their spirit of self-salvation gives impetus to the women pursuing independence and self-esteem and to the building of a ambidextrous harmonious society.