论明清拟话本小说中的传统型节妇形象

Discussion on Traditional Married Chaste Women Characters in Vernacular Novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties

在明清拟话本小说中存在着大量的节妇形象,根据其自身体现出的贞节观的不同,可将其划分为传统型节妇形象和变通型节妇形象两种。其中传统型节妇形象按照守贞方式之不同,又可分为贫病相守、妾甘守夫、夫死而守、夫离而守、抗暴守节等几种类型。这些节妇形象的出现,丰富了中国古代文学形象类型,为中国古代文学女性人物画廊增添了沉重而醒目的一笔。

In vernacular novels of Ming and Qing dynasties, there are lots of married chaste women characters who fall into two types, traditional one and flexible one based on different concept of chastity reflected from them. More than that, these traditional married chastity women icharacters can be further classified into more types, for instance, those who never abandon their husbands when their husbands are in poverty or illness, those who never leave their husbands though they are merely concubines, those who never remarry when their first husband die, those who never remarry when abandoned by their husband and those who keep chastity even when treated with violence. These chaste women characters not only enriched character types but also women characters in Chinese ancient literature