道路光明,前途曲折——解读《夏季鸟笼》中女性宿命的主题

Bright Way to Doom Future——On the Theme of Female Fatality in A Summer Bird-Cage

在小说《夏季鸟笼》中,主人公莎拉.班尼特试图寻找一条走向完整幸福生活的道路。周围女性的实例证明了看似光明的道路,实则前途曲折。尽管评论家赞扬玛格丽特.德拉布尔在其处女作中展现了初出茅庐的象征主义者的才华,但是作者真正的意图却没有被发现。通过象征体系建立起自然界和人类社会的比较,揭示女性宿命的根源。根据达尔文主义,自然选择和适者生存的规律使生物物种更具竞争力。而在人类社会,只有那些符合体现男性意志的社会观念、传统文化、价值观的女性才会得到社会认可。女性努力保持"优雅状态"的同时,离幸福也越来越远。

In A Summer Bird-Cage, Sarah Bennett, the heroine, tries to find out a way leading to the completed happiness. The examples of other women characters demonstrate that the ＂right＂ ways lead to no future. Although critics have praised that Margaret Drabble reveals herself as a fledgling symbolist in her very first novel, the real purpose of the author has never been dug out. The comparison between nature and human society is built up through symbolism so as to find out the root of woman＇ s doom. According to Darwinism. natural selection and the survival of the fittest make the species more competitive. In human society, the women whose behaviors conform to the social convention, traditional culture and values presenting the will of men can be praised and admired. Women trying to keep ＂the state of grace＂ gradually go far away from the happiness.