正视中年女性的婚外恋──《情爱画廊》、《马语者》题材选择的社会意义

Correct Approach to the Middl aged Women's Passion Beyond Marriage──On the Social Significance of the Subject Matter Chosen in‘The Gallery of Passion’and‘The Horse Whisperer’

《情爱画廊》、《马语者》选择的是中年女性婚外恋的题材。两部小说都将已婚中年女性仍然对婚外情感和性爱有着强烈的渴望与追求这一课题摆在了社会学家的面前。两部小说意在告诉人们，如何正视这一现象，寻求妥善解决的办法，对于巩固家庭和婚姻关系，维护妇女的权益和社会的安定团结，有着十分重要的现实意义。

Both‘ The Gallery of Passion’ and‘ The Horse Whisperer’ deal with the subject matter of the mid dle aged women's passion beyond their marriage,presenting before the socilogist the problem of the middle aged married women seeking eagerly for passion or even sex beyond their marriage.Both novels are meant to tell the reader that it is of vital immediate significance in consolidating the family and marriage bond,safeguarding women's rights and interests and keeping social unity and stability to approach this phenomenon and try to find a proper way out.