《白象似的群山》话语权力解读

A Reading of the Discourse Power in Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants

福柯的话语理论揭示出话语是权力的产物,在话语的实践中潜藏着权力的运作。话语权力既是压制性的,也是生产性的。对微观权力的分析,即对现代社会中由日常生活片段构成的社会实践的分析,有助于我们细致地理解话语与权力的关系。本文以福柯的话语权力理论为背景,从女性主义角度分析海明威的短篇小说《白象似的群山》,试图揭示出男性与女性如何进行话语权力的建构和争夺,以及女性如何运用自身独特的手段消解男性话语权力,旨在阐释话语权力的生产性如何在男性话语和女性话语的压迫和互动中得以体现。

Michel Foucault＇s discourse theory demonstrates the fact that discourse is the product of power, whereas power exerts great but invisible influences on discourse practice. Discourse power is not only repressive, but also productive. Power must be considered from the ＂bottom up＂, which offers us better understandings of the relationship between discourse and power. Taking Michel Foucault＇s theory as the framework, this paper analyzes how the man and the woman construct and then contend discourse power and finally how the woman attempts to deconstruct the man＇s discourse power in Ernest Hemingway＇s short story Hills Like White Elephants. It is designed to shed some light on the nature of discourse and power through their discourse suppression and interaction.