知识、赋权与自由——论明清才子佳人小说中的知识女性

Knowledge, Empower and Freedom: Discussion on Female Intellectuals in Scholar-Beauty Romances

明清才子佳人小说探讨了一个社会性别话题 :女性与知识的关系。在知识垄断的古代社会 ,尤其是后来科举为重的时代 ,知识就是权力 ,权力保证下的权利之路通向自由。对于只有知识没有权力的女性来说 ,知识体现出功利化与依附化的特征 ,从而揭示出只有当女性拥有评价、再生产知识的话语权时 ,即实现了自我赋权时 ,才能超越性别的社会桎梏 ,真正走向存在的自由境界。

Scholar Beauty Romances discuss the gender issue from a sociological perspective: the relationship between females and knowledge. In ancient society of knowledge monopolization, especially under the system of imperial examinations, knowledge meant power. The road of right protected by power led to freedom. But for female intellectuals who had no power, knowledge became something of utility and adherence. This shows that only when females own the power of discourse in terms of judgement and reproduction of knowledge, or in other words, empower themselves, could they get rid of gender shackles completely and enter the free kingdom of existence.