《猫眼》中的女人心结

The Feminine Knot in Cat's Eye

女人与女人之间的恩怨常比人们想象的要微妙复杂,即使童年的经历也会对她们成年后的生活和情感产生重大的影响。可以说,女性在她们自身那个世界中的地位往往对她们具有更深的意义。本文试图通过对玛格丽特.阿特伍德的代表作之一《猫眼》中女主人公伊莱恩.瑞斯利微妙复杂的行为和心理的分析证明这一观点,并由此得出结论:"女人心结"而非"童年情结"、"怀旧情怀"或"厌女症"是对女性行为和心理最合理的解释。

Relationships between women are often more daedal and tangled than one might think.Even childhood experiences will exert significant impact on their adult life and sentiments.In a tradition whose decision-makers are overwhelmingly males,women,superficially at least,follow men in their values and tastes.Realistically,however,their status in their own world means much more to them.This essay tries to prove the above view by analyzing the delicate and many-fold modes of behavior and emotions of Elaine Risley,the protagonist in Cat＇s Eye,one of Margaret Atwood＇s representative fictions,and concludes that the ＂feminine knot＂ rather than the ＂childhood complex＂ or nostalgia or misogyny is the most justifiable interpretation of Elaine＇s behavior and psychology.