《杨家将演义》女性形象的演变

The Evolution of the Female Images in the Generals of Yang Family

明代后期出现的英雄传奇小说《杨家将演义》,主要塑造了一批英姿飒爽的巾帼女性英雄群像。作者一改《水浒传》对女性的漠视和敌视态度,对于女性的描写不再是若非妻贤,即是荡妇娼妓,其刻画的女性形象具有英勇善战、机智聪慧、大胆追求婚姻自主幸福等品格,尤其歌颂了她们为保国保民和男性一样所建立的卓著功勋,同时这些女性也几乎都受到了与男性同等的重视。

The heroic legend the later Ming dynasty. The hostil has been changed and the female novel Generals of Yang Family mainly depicts a group of spiritual heroines of e and combative attitude toward female characters in the Outlaws of the Marsh images in the Generals of Yang Family are the intelligent brave women who sought for self-determined happy marriage. The writer highly praised that those women performed brilliant ex- ploits in defending our country, especially their great contributions to the peaceful life. At the same time, just like men, those women are highly valued in the society.