“失败”的社会表演:维奥莱特疯癫的诱因管窥

A “Failure” in Social Performance:An Analysis of the Backstage Causes of Violet's Madness

《八月:奥塞奇县》中的女主角维奥莱特对所有家庭成员都恶语相向,俨然是导致家庭不睦的主要责任人,她的多重社会角色都是失败的:她是失败的妻子、失败的母亲,也是失败的姐姐。本文尝试在社会表演学理论的观照下,通过分析其"后台"的生存状况及其遭受的心理创伤,揭示其社会表演空间的后台问题如何导致她在前台上演"失败"表演的。

Violet, the heroine of August： Osage County, constantly insults all of her family members and is thus considered as the main reason for her family＇s unhappiness. She fails in performing her social roles as a wife, a mother and a sister. Using theories of social performance stud this paper analyzes her non-public conditions and the ruinous psychic trauma she undergoes exhibits how the backstage problems exert significant influences on her frontstage performances les, and