从“房中天使”到“叛逆者”的擅变——《到灯塔去》女性形象管窥

Evolution from the "The Angel" to "The Rebel" ——an analysis of the image of two female characters in To the Lighthouse

弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫是英国杰出的现代主义作家,同时也是闪亮于由男性主导的英伦文学史中的女性主义先驱。《到灯塔去》中拉姆齐夫人作为"房中天使"卑躬屈膝,逆来顺受;而莉丽作为男权社会的"叛逆者"追求独立,特立独行。从传统女性拉姆齐夫人到新女性莉丽的转变是女性在父权社会中重新定位自我,完善女性自我的历史过程,伍尔夫"双性同体观"在这一过程中得到了完美诠释。因而看似对立的两个女性形象实则相互关联,同体共生。

Virginia Woolf is a splendid English writer of modernism and a feminist pioneer in English literary history, which had al- ways dominated by male writers. In To the Lighthouse Mrs. Ramsay as ＂the angel in the house＂ bears hardship and swallows insults without complaint; while Lily as ＂the rebel＂ pursues self-independence and behaves at her personal will. The transition from the tra- ditional woman Mrs. Ramsay to the new woman Lily is the historical process in which women struggle to relocate their positions and improve their self-identity in the patriarchal society. Woolfs Androgyny is perfectly interpreted in this process. The tWO seemingly contradictory female characters are actually born in the same root as the consubstantial symbiosis.