论《温洛克石墙》中的身体意识与自我认知

The Body Ethics and the Identity in Wenlock Edge

加拿大著名作家艾丽斯·门罗的小说《温洛克石墙》描述了女主人公从乡镇到都市的自我追寻过程。本文采用空间、感官与意象等理论概念,对小说中身体与外界环境的互动进行系统分析。本文分析着装的身体映射人物不同的社会经济地位的现象,论述叙事者自我认知的萌发;讨论嗅觉、触感等身体感官与环境的互动,揭示这一过程折射出的人物的世界观与价值选择;并研究作为身体延伸空间的房屋与居所等与个体的相互作用,推及作品中人物关系与心理样态的刻画,阐明叙事者伦理价值观重新确立的过程。

Wenlock Edge by Alice Munro depicts the young narrator＇s quest for identity. This paper analyzes the characters from the perspective of city space and body ethics as the reflection of social status, identity and inner mind of the characters. Specifically, it discusses the dressing body and the sensing body which reflect the world view and choice of value of the characters, and the space as the extension of human body, which shows the relationship between characters and their psyche. Through close reading of the details in the short story, the paper reveals the narrator＇s psychological process from realizing the ethical dilemma to under- going crisis of ethical values and finally to reconciling with changed ethical values. The analysis helps the reader to understand the artistic characteristics and aesthetic values of Alice Munro＇s short stories.