谁的上苍? 谁是上苍?——论《他们眼望上苍》中女性反抗的妥协性

Whose God? Who is the God?:Compromise of Feminist Rebellion in Their Eyes Were Watching God

赫斯顿的代表作《他们眼望上苍》被誉为女性主义文学经典,女主人公珍妮是一位拥有自己的声音并获得自我的新黑人女性。然而,对珍妮的声音、与珍妮相关的意象和珍妮的形象塑造等3方面进行分析后揭示,小说在叙事上压制珍妮的声音,在艺术手段上反复使用隐含父权意识的传统意象,在人物刻画上顺应了男权意识形态对女性的界定,因此,小说遗留下父权制意识操控的痕迹,珍妮具有向父权意识妥协的软弱性。

It is agreed that Janie, the heroin of Hurston＇ s masterpiece Their Eyes Were Watching God, was a new black female in possession of her own voice and having gained her self-identity. However, an analysis of Janie＇ s voice, the images relevant to Janie and the temperament of Janie shows that this novel still bathes in the ideology of patriarchy, from which it tries simultaneously to escape. Janie is essentially a traditional woman, catering to the image of woman def＇med by patriarchical ideology. In this sense, this novel works as an accessory with patriarchy.