吉姆·克雷斯《传染病屋》的新女性主义书写

The Construction of a New Feminism in Jim Crace's The Pesthouse

西方女性主义思潮的蓬勃发展为女性主义的研究与实践提供了可资借鉴的理论基础与批评范式。英国作家吉姆·克雷斯的第九部小说《传染病屋》以其蕴意深远的多维之美在女性主义的审美解读中焕发异彩。克雷斯聚焦女性与男性的个体与群体形象,创造了新世界中以玛格丽特与富兰克林为代表的新女性与男性形象。克雷斯通过描写逃亡三部曲,勾勒出新女性代表——玛格丽特,展现其蜕变的历程的三个重要阶段。玛格丽特从传统父权制下的"他者"身份过渡为渴望摆脱"他者"地位的具有反抗精神的勇士,到最终实现了具有独立精神、个体意识与男性气质的新女性形象。克雷斯同时展现了富兰克林的女性气质从压抑到爆发的过程,从而塑造了具有女性气质的男性,最终圆满地完成了新女性主义的书写。

The prosperous progress of Western feminism has provided salient theoretical principles and critical paradigms for academic research. The Pesthouse, the ninth novel created by Jim Crace, presents rich significance in many dimensions and even illustrates a remarkable aesthetic style when appreciated from the feministic perspective. By focusing on the individual and collective male and female figures, Crace models new man and woman in the new world. By detailed depiction the trilogy, which consists of three phases from the periods of pre-plague, accompanied exile and individual exile, Crace presents a brand new woman, Margaret, transforming from the role of ＂the other＂ to a rebellious woman warrior who discards her former position and eventually becomes a new person with the characteristics of an independent spirit, individual consciousness and the better traits of masculinity. Simultaneously, Crace also depicts Franklin who evolves as a new man with characteristics of femininity in a situation of suppression.