颠覆与构建——解读《尤利西斯》中摩莉的象征意义

Subversion and Construction: An Interpretation of the Symbolic Meaning of Molly in Ulysses

摩莉是乔伊斯经典名作《尤利西斯》中最为精彩和最具争议的人物,人们对她的评价已不再停留在荡妇和色情狂之类的传统形象上。不绝于耳的恶毒攻击并不能遮掩摩莉成为反传统、追求个性独立的典范。文章从女性主义视角分析摩莉这一人物所蕴含的深层含义。乔伊斯塑造摩莉意在颠覆传统男女性别的二元对立和男权社会的专制统治,从而实现人性的理性回归,为爱尔兰宗教文化和民族未来发展指明方向,同时也表达了作者对爱尔兰女性社会处境的同情和关注。

Molly is a female character most brilliantly portrayed and most controversial in the novel Ulysses by James Joyce. Critics and scholars have so far identifi ed Molly no longer as the traditional image of a dissolute woman and nymphomaniac, because the conventional negative assessments of her could not conceal her as the paragon of being unconventional and pursuing independence. Based on the perspective of feminism, this paper attempts to analyze the in-depth implication of Molly who is created by Joyce with the aim of subverting the traditional binary opposition of sex and autocracy of patriarchal society. By doing so, Joyce attempted to make human nature return to reason, and establish the direction for the future development of Irish people and their religious culture, meanwhile, it also reveals the author’s humanistic sympathy and concern over the social plight of the Irish women.