《最漫长的旅程》中隐匿的同性恋主题

On the Homosexual Theme in Forster's The Longest Journey

福斯特是英国爱德华时期最重要的小说家之一,其自传体小说《最漫长的旅程》发表于1907年。小说通过对男主人公里基所经历的三段同性恋恋情的描写,凸显出所蕴含的隐性同性恋主题,揭示出福斯特对同性恋的焦虑矛盾心态以及对婚姻和女性的否定态度。迫于爱德华时期主流社会的法律制裁和道德规范,福斯特笔下的同性恋几乎都处于隐秘的状态,希冀主流社会能够宽容和理解同性恋这个边缘群体,显现出对人性的理解和尊重。

E. M. Forster is one of the most important novelists in the Edwardian era. The Longest Journey was published in 1907 and it is regarded as the most auto-biographical work of Forster. By analyzing theprotagonist Rickie＇s homosexual relationships of the novel,this paper intends to display Forster＇s anxious aswell as ambivalant attitude to homosexuality and his negative stance to marrige and females. The paper furthertries to expound that the reason of homosexual subtext throughout his writing was due to the legal sanction andmoral norm of the Edwardian society. The intention of Forster＇s homosexual subtext is that he hopes people ofthe mainstream heterosexuality can show their compassion and understanding to homosexuality,which revealsForster＇s respect to humanity.