从对立疏离到融合超越:论族裔背景对E.L.多克托罗女性人物创作的影响

From Alienation to Integration: The Evolution of E. L. Doctorow's Women Characters

E.L.多克托罗小说中的女性人物创作与其文化背景紧密相关。他早期小说中的女性人物明显地分为两类:一类是受难的犹太女性,另一类是美艳的美国WASP女性。在其后期作品中,作家对女性道德评判的意味逐渐减少,侧重描写不同文化背景的女性互相交流和逐渐融合的过程,苦难的犹太女性逐渐摆脱了暗沉的生活,美艳的美国WASP女性也逐渐体现出了独立自信的新式女性风采,《上帝之城》中犹太女拉比的形象尤其体现了两种文化的完美融合。女性人物在多克托罗小说中成为犹太文化和美国文化的载体,她们之间从对立疏离到碰撞交流,再到融合超越的关系表现了作家逐渐融入美国社会的思想轨迹。

Women characters in E.I.Doctorow＇s novels are closely related with his Jewish background.There are two typical women characters in F.I.Doctorow＇s novels：the suffering Jewish women characters and sexy Amecrican WASP women.In his later works,moral judgment of women characters becomes less and their virtues are gradually explored,with Jewish women shaking off the distressful life and Ameriean WASP women displaying their freedom and confidence.City of God depiets an ideal woman character who integrates both American and Jewish virtues.The women eharaclers in Doclorow＇s novels are representatives of cultures,and the development of the relationshup belween Jewish women and Ametican WASP women reveals the living sitnation of Ameriean jews and the evolution of Doclotow＇s views.