阁楼上的孤独女人——管窥凯特·肖班的双重写作策略

Understanding Kate Chopin's Writing Strategy through Her Depiction of Mademoiselle Reisz

本文利用女性主义批评理论分析了凯特.肖班在《觉醒》中的书写策略。与女主人公艾德娜相比,幽居阁楼上的赖思小姐对传统的颠覆更为直接彻底。一方面她是表层文本主人公艾德娜内心世界的真实写照;另一方面,肖班通过表面上遵循男权社会对女性天使的期待标准,丑化、诋诽赖思小姐,实质上却在深层文本中传达了女性对自由的渴望的信息,从而在父权制的虎视眈眈下,实现与读者的交流,获得了一定的女性话语权。

With the help of feminist literary criticism, the thesis is aimed to delve into Kate Chopin＇s writing strategy exerted in The Awakening by means of analyzing the comparatively little--noticed character, Mademoiselle Reisz, as well as the historical and traditional triggers behind this female writung strategy. Compared with the rebellious main character Edna, Mademoiselle Reisz is more determined to campaign a tough contradiction against patriarchy. She does not only serve as an id of Edna, On a surface text, Edna gives herself up and makes herself a sacrifice to her awakening selfhood, while on the sub-- text level, by means of deliberately depicting Mademoiselle Reisz as homely, unpopular, or even disgusting, Chopin does make an effort to lift the barriers set up by patriarchal society and realize her hidden aim, that is, to have her longings for freedom and her anxiety over the search for womanhood directly conveyed to her female readers.