《撞上门的女人》中宝拉的婚姻悲剧

The Secret Behind the Door——A Thematic Analysis on Roddy Doyle's The Women Who Walked into Doors

罗迪·道伊尔是当代爱尔兰最著名的小说家之一,其作品《撞上门的女人》生动描述了一个深受丈夫暴力摧残的中年妇女形象。小说批判了当代爱尔兰社会对家庭暴力这一社会问题的漠视,呼吁人们帮助那些深处其中的女性走出困境。以此为文本,对其主题——家庭暴力做深入探讨,着重分析女主人公默默忍受十七载背后的种种原因,从而唤起人们对家庭暴力中身处困境的女性的同情与关注。

The Women Who Walked into Doors,written by Roddy Doyle,one of the best contemporary novelists in nowadays Ireland,depicts a middle-aged Irish woman vividly who is struggling for survival from domestic violence.The novel presents a critique of contemporary Irish society＇s indifference to domestic violence and calls on people to help the abused out of their plights.On the basis of this novel,the paper will focus on the domestic violence to explore the reasons why the heroine can bear the violence for seventeen-year long and to arouse people＇s sympathy and attention on the women in the violence.