无处可逃的他者形象——从后殖民主义角度解读《茫茫藻海》

Inescapable “Other” Images: Interpretation of Wide Sargasso Sea from the Perspective of Post-Colonialism

在琼·里斯的最后一部小说《茫茫藻海》中,作为混血女性,受到来自黑人社区和白人社区的无情排挤,女主人公安托瓦内特沦为了种族主义和父权制双重桎梏下的"他者"。同时,不容忽视的是男主人公罗切斯特也同样作为"他者"形象而存在。在种族主义和父权制的双重压迫下,男女主人公成为了无处可逃的"他者"。后殖民主义视野下对男女主人公"他者"形象的叙写不仅颠覆了人们对《简爱》中桑菲尔德庄园顶楼疯女人伯莎以及男主人公的传统看法,还原了其本真面目,同时还增强了此作品的可读性,丰富了读者对本作品的理解。

In Jean Rhys＇ last novel Wide Sargasso Sea,Antoinette as a mixed blood woman is expelled from both of the black and the white communities,and becomes the other under the double shackles of both racism and patriarchy systems. Meanwhile,Rochester,the male protagonist,also exists as another ＂other ＂ who is usually invisible or neglected by people. Thus the two protagonists become inescapable ＂other ＂images under the double constraints of racism and patriarchy systems. Such narration not only helps to subvert people＇s previous comprehension of Bertha,the mad woman positioned in the attic of Thornfield Manor as well as the male protagonist in Jane Eyre but also brings them closer to who they really are by analyzing their inescapable ＂other＂images under the double constraints of racism and patriarchy systems from the perspective of post-colonialism. In this way the readability of this work is enhanced and people＇s comprehension on it is enriched.