挑战诗歌传统,重塑女人形象——谈《按她自己的形象》的主题思想

Challenging Poetic Tradition and Reshaping Women's Image:On the Main Theme of In Her Own Image

《按她自己的形象》是依婉.伯兰的第三部诗集,体现了伯兰挑战诗歌传统、重塑女人形象的思想。在这部诗集里,伯兰探讨了诗歌传统、女人地位和身份确立的问题。伯兰对爱尔兰的诗歌传统及其对女人的描写提出了质疑,试图在她自己的诗歌里按照女人自己的真实形象塑造她们;同时,挑战诗歌传统、重塑女人形象引起了评论家的关注,为她在排挤女性诗人的爱尔兰诗歌传统里寻求自己的位置奠定了基础。

In Her Own Image,the third volume of Eavan Boland＇s poetry,embodies her thought of challenging Irish poetic tradition and reshaping women＇s image.In this volume,Boland explores the issues of poetic tradition,women＇s position,and identity establishment.She announces her suspicion of the male-dominated poetic tradition and its portrayal of women,and tries to reshape women according to their own real image in her poetry.Meanwhile,challenging Irish poetic tradition and reshaping women＇s image attracts critics＇ attention,and it is the foundation for her to finding her place in Irish poetic tradition which marginalizes woman poets.