寻求身份:少数民族哭嫁歌的彰显功能及叙述结构

Search for Identity: The Assertive Function and Narrative Structure of Ethnic Minority's Wedding Laments

哭嫁歌属于"表现型"的歌谣,是下层妇女表现自身、寻求身份的一种"群体叙事",带有浓烈的自传性和表演性。其不仅是悲情的、感恩的、泄愤的,其也是喜庆的、彰显的、"热闹"的,暗含着女性自我肯定的"喜悦"。下层妇女通过哭嫁歌这一特殊的口传文学形式,痛快淋漓地申张了自己的主体地位,让妇女长期被男权传统及书面文字所忽视的形象得以展现在世人面前。

Wedding lament is a kind of ＂expressive＂ ballad and a kind of ＂collective narrative＂ that is used by women from lower classes to represent their selves in their search for identity. Normally the laments are highly autobiographic and performative. They are not limited to being sad, grateful, or resentful; they can also be festive, assertive, or ＂flamboy- ant,＂ implying women＇s ＂joy＂ of self-assertion. Through wedding lament, a special form of oral literature, women from the lower classes assert to the fullest their subjectivity, showing to the public their images that have long been overlooked by patriarchal tradition and its writing.