《荒原蚁丘》之比阿特丽丝形象浅析

Study on the Image of Beatrice in Chinua Achebe

本文运用女性主义理论对《荒原蚁丘》女主人公比阿特丽丝的形象进行深入探讨,以她的童年经历作为切入点分析其成长背后的隐痛,展示她对本土文化中各种形式的男性中心主义的警惕与批判;同时揭示出非洲女性在后殖民时代所面临的种种话语诱惑与陷阱,并挖掘比阿特丽丝在复杂语境下突围的希望。

This paper makes a deep probe into the image of Beatrice in Chinua Achebe by using feminist theory and analyses her sufferings during her growth from her experience as a child. It reveals that she was watchful and resent- ful to all kinds of male chauvinism in the indigenous cultures. Moreover, it discloses that the women in Africa faced a lot of entices and traps of discourse after colony and digs a hope that Beatrice could breakthrough from the compli- cated surroundings.