从《榆树下的欲望》探讨尤金·奥尼尔对女性的人文关怀

Inquiry into Eugene O′Neill′s Humanistic Care for Women from Desire Under the Elms

进入父系社会以来,女性的社会地位总是处于依附男性的境地,这在女性主义觉醒的今天是令人难以容忍的。奥尼尔作为美国最伟大的戏剧家,在其作品中塑造了诸多女性形象,或罪恶或神经质或疯狂极端,因此被女性主义批评者认为是反女性的,可是细观奥尼尔的剧作,读者和观众不难发现他对女性的细腻关怀。从女权批评的角度入手,对奥尼尔剧作《榆树下的欲望》中女主人公爱碧的女性形象展开分析,以期从新的视觉展示奥尼尔对女性的人文关怀,并给出符合当今时代特征的现代解读。这既具有理论意义,也具有现实意义。

Women′s social status is in the situation in which they are always dependent on men since patriarchal society,which is intolerable in this awakening feminism era.As the greatest American playwright,Eugene O′Neill shaped lots of women images,who are evil,crazy or extremely nervous, and he was criticized to be anti-women by feminism critics.But readers and audience can easily find Eugene O′Neill′s care for women when carefully studying his works.It′s of theoretical and realistic significance to interpret O′Neill′s humanistic care for women from feminist perspective in the expecta-tion of reflecting the characteristics of the modern times by analyzing the woman image,Abbie,in his famous work Desire Under the Elms .