一出没有女巫的女巫戏——解读凯丽尔·丘吉尔的社会主义女性主义名剧《醋汤姆》

A Witch Play without a Witch:Carol Churchill's Vinegar Tom

历史剧《醋汤姆》(Vinegar Tom)是英国女剧作家凯丽尔.丘吉尔(Caryl Churchill)对英国17世纪猎捕和焚烧女巫历史事件的一个社会主义女性主义的反思。通过生产、性和生育这三重视角,丘吉尔向读者展示了女性在资本主义和男权社会下受到的经济和意识形态的双重压迫,重塑了被指控为女巫的女性主体的真实形象。这出"没有女巫的女巫剧"揭示了历史上所谓"女巫"的真正"罪恶"不是邪恶,而是对女性在资本主义私有制经济下贫穷、残酷的生存现实的挑战以及对男权理念的反抗。

Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill is a socialist feminist reconsideration on witch-hunt in the 17^th century Britain. Churchill reveals women are the victims of economic and ideological oppression in the capitalist society in terms of economic production, sex and reproduction, and rebuilds the real images of socalled ＂witches＂. The play ＂about witches with no witches in it＂ unveils that the ＂evil＂ of the women accused of witchcraft is not their wickedness, but their revolt against patriarchal ideology and challenge to poverty in the capitalist society.