《蝴蝶梦》之生态空间阐释

Interpretation of Ecological Space in Rebecca

《蝴蝶梦》是20世纪英国文学史上哥特式小说的经典之作,然而从生态批评视角再读《蝴蝶梦》,却发现其蕴涵着生态释义的广阔空间。首先,作家塑造了一个独立自在具有内在价值的自然世界,颠覆了自然的"他者"形象,消融了人与自然的二元对立观,有利于缓解自然与人类之间的紧张关系;其次,小说中的两位女主人公体现了迥然相异的伦理价值观,从中我们意识到生态危机源自人性世界的危机,人类应反思之;再者,作家对自然和都市生活的对比述写暗示了《蝴蝶梦》其实是作家本人的一场自然之梦:拒绝都市文明,皈依乡土自然,诗意栖居。

Rebecca, is one of the masterpieces of the Gothic novels in the history of the 20th century＇s English literature, while, by reexamining it from ecological view, we has found it contains a abundant ecological interpreting space. First, in order to help alleviate the strained relations between nature and people, the writer has overthrown nature＇s ＂other＂ image and thus dissolved the binary opposition＇s concept between nature and people by depicting an independent and unobstructed natural world with inner value; Secondly, the great variation in the two heroines＇ concepts of ethical values has made us realize that ecological crisis derives from the crisis of human nature, so humans should have a deep self-reflection on it; Thirdly, the comparative text analysis of natural life and city life by the writer suggests that the novel has, in fact, reflected her own natural dream： rejecting urban civilization, converting to local nature and dwelling poetically.