尊崇与反叛——乔治·艾略特作品中的女性主义叙事模式解读

Respect and rebellion:an interpretation of feminist narrative mode about the heroines in George Eliot's major novels

从女性主义叙事学角度对乔治.艾略特作品中的女性人物进行解读,通常认为,乔治.艾略特小说中的大多数女性遵循相似的命运模式。然而这些相似的命运模式中也存在着细微的差异:那些在本质上遵循传统女性美德的女性往往以貌似幸福的婚姻收场,而那些更多地偏离维多利亚价值观的女性则几乎毫无例外地悲惨地死去。乔治.艾略特挪用了英语文学中传统的荡妇和天使范式,这种挪用并非对范式简单的重复。小说家在尊崇传统范式的同时,彰显了其对传统女性观念的反叛和讽刺。

Many interpretations of the heroines in George Eliot＇s major novels from the perspective of feminist narrative agree that the majority of women share a similar fate pattern. However, in this similarity there exist very subtle differences： those who con- form to the traditional womanhood ideals end in seemingly happy marriage, and those who divert away from the Victorian values die miserably without exception. George Eliot clearly has employed traditional ＂harlot and angel＂ paradigm of English literature, and the employment is far from rigid repetition of the old one. She displays her satire and rebellion to traditional womanhood ideals while showing her respect to the traditional paradigm.