庄园之爱:论《曼斯菲尔德庄园》的空间隐喻

The love in the Park——On the Spatial Metaphor in Mansfield Park

《曼斯菲尔德庄园》里建构了曼斯菲尔德庄园、朴次茅斯和伦敦三个主要空间,小说在空间对比中展现出庄园的空间特性:美好舒适的生活空间、遵礼守制的道德空间、幸福的家园。小说以空间隐喻的方式层层赞美了庄园这一空间,也由此表达了简·奥斯丁最英国的思想:对乡村田园生活的热爱、对英国绅士文化的推崇、对传统家庭伦理观的维护。本文的空间批评视野为理解"庄园"这一简·奥斯丁小说中最显著的空间形象提供了一种有意义的解读。

In Mansfield Park, Jane Austin established three narrative settings, namely, Mansfield Park, Plymouth and London. With a comparison of the settings, the author exhibited the merits of the park as one of the settings - a cozy place to live in, a moral space where rituals are observed and courtesy is practiced - a happy home. By adopting many spatial metaphors, the novel eulogized the space of the Park and expressed her typical English ideal- the love for rural life, the favor for English gentlemanship and the advocacy for the traditional family ethic. Spatial criticisms proposed aimed at providing an insightful perspective in understanding ＂park＂, a distinctive image in the novel.