多变的视角 不变的主题——从叙事学角度解读薇拉·凯瑟作品中的爱情主题

On the Same Theme with Changeable Perspectives——Transformation of the Theme of Love in Willa Cather's Novels by Narratology

女性和爱情是美国女作家薇拉·凯瑟中短篇小说的两大主题。其中,拓荒女性及其爱情历程向来是评论家们热议的主题。但是,在诸多以女性为主题的作品中,也不乏作者对另类女性的同情。她们用各自不同的方式实践着自己对美好生活和爱情的追求,却命运各异。选取作家的两部作品《阿佛罗狄忒来啦!》和《我的死对头》,运用叙事学理论,特别是聚焦模式理论,结合文本分析,挖掘作品中爱情主题嬗变的深层原因,进而揭示作者的创作意图,即关注"爱情、幸福"字眼下传统道德观的挣扎和理想爱情的幻灭。

Female figures and love are the two major themes of Willa Cather＇ s novelettes and short stones with the female pioneers and their love stories as the focus for critics. Meanwhile, it＇ s noticeable that the writ- er showed her sympathy for other kinds of women who strove for their future and love in different ways, and yet ended up with different fates. Taking Coming, Aphrodite and My Mortal Enemy as examples, the roots of the distorted love values as well as the writing purposes underlying are explored by analyzing the narrative tech- niques, especially the specific focalization mode and the discourse, ines＇ struggle under the influence of the traditional ethics and the and thereby attention is drawn to the hero- disillusion of ideal love.