夏洛特的预言:阿特伍德“女艺术家”小说中的自我分离与回归

Shallot's Oracle:Separation and Incorporation of the female Self in Margaret Atwood novels

阿特伍德创作了一系列以女艺术家为主人公的小说,其中《神谕女士》幻化了丁尼生的古典主义长诗《夏洛特姑娘》来隐喻女艺术家的悲剧。夏洛特的预言似乎是每一个从事艺术工作的女性都无法摆脱的夙命。事实上,女艺术家的悲剧除了来自外在的社会压力,更是一种内在的角色冲突。这是15因为女艺术家是一个特殊的身份,她的出现使得传统的艺术表现者与被表现者之间的主客体关系发生了错乱,而艺术行为又迫使女性必须自我分裂成主体和客体两部分。阿特伍德认为,破除"夏洛特预言"的关键是艺术行为本身,因为艺术行为是女艺术家主体与客体合一的体现。最终,女艺术家通过艺术的自我表达可实现自我的回归与统一。

Female artist is a recurring theme in Margaret Atwood＇s oeuvre.In her third novel Lady Oracle,Atwood uses Tennyson＇s poem The Lady of Shallot as a metaphor of female artist＇s tragedy to discuss woman＇s dilemma.It seems that none of woman artists can escape Shallot＇s curse.In fact,the tragedy of a female artist is an intrinsic role conflict as well as social pressure.Female artist is a special identity which breaks down the traditional relationship between the artist and the subject of art.The act of art forces women to split into two opposite parts,the subject and the object.Atwood suggests that the key to break Shallot＇s curse is the piece of artist work.The artist work is embodiment of both subject and object whereby female artists can realize the reunite of selves by artist expression.Therefore,the pattern of Atwood female artist novels is the protagonist get self-return via artist expression after long time of self-escaping.