家庭女教师的悲剧性困境——解读《螺丝在拧紧》

The Tragic Predicament of the Governess ——Reviews of “The Turn of the Screw”

评论家们在解读亨利·詹姆斯的《螺丝在拧紧》时 ,往往拘泥于“女主人公是否真的看见了鬼魂”这一问题。这一象征性问题本身并没有太大的意义 ,真正重要的倒是作者借此展现的维多利亚时期男权文化背景下家庭女教师的悲剧性困境 。

While interpreting Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, critics tend to confine themselves to the debate on the issue whether the heroine has really seen the ghost. The paper maintained that the above\|said issue is actually insignificant. What is really significant is that Henry James has shed light on the tragic predicament of the governess caught in the Victorian patriarchal hierarchy, and the social reality refracted by the governess's predicament.uUniversity,Suz