父权规训与女性反抗——小说《胎记》的权力话语解读

An Interpretation of Power of Discourse Presented in Hawthorne's The Birthmark

霍桑小说《胎记》中的主人公埃尔梅是一位极端的科学主义代表,他为了证明自己征服自然的能力,决心去除妻子脸上的胎记,最后胎记消失,妻子也远离人世。运用福柯的权力话语理论解读了霍桑短篇小说《胎记》,揭露了男性运用父权制权力对女性身体和思想的双重压制,探讨了女主人公对父权话语进行的颠覆和反抗,并总结了这场权力争夺的意义和影响。

As a representative of scientism, Aylmer, the protagonist in Hawthorne＇ s short story The Birthmark, decides to re- move the birthmark on his wife＇ s face to prove his abilities of conquering nature. Finally, the birthmark is removed at the cost of Georgiana＇s death. With Foucauh＇ s power of discourse theory adopted in Hawthorne＇s short story The Birthmark, this paper at- tempts to reveal men＇ s restriction of patriarchal power on women＇ s body and minds, explore the heroine＇ s subversion and revolt a- gainst the patriarchal discourse. Moreover, the significance and influence of the power competition between these two protagonists are analyzed in this paper.