书写和隐喻的力量——从女性主义文体学的角度解读《黄色壁纸》

The power of writing and metaphor:Analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper form the perspective of feminist stylistics

从米尔斯提出的女性主义文体学相关理论的视角,对女性主义先锋作家吉尔曼的著名短篇小说《黄色壁纸》进行文本细读。讨论了小说的日记体写作手法和吉尔曼作为女性、女性阅读者和女性写作者三重身份之间的关系,以选词和语句层面的分析表明女性阅读和写作所使用的语言体系仍被置于男性权威之下,进而与女性的身份一样受到压抑和消声;从"黄色"和"壁纸"的隐喻意义入手,进一步揭示了女性写作与阅读与其身份意识之间的矛盾关系,探讨了建立独立女性文学表达的可能性与其在重构女性精神世界、帮助女性获得独立自由中的特殊作用。

In this p ap e r, the famous short story of feminist pioneer writerGilman is interpreted in detail from the perspective of feminist stylistics proposed by Sara Mills.Meanwhile, the relationship between diary-style writing method o f th i s novella and Gilman’s ternary identities-woman,female reader and female writer is discussed. The analysis from word selection and sentence level shows women’s reading and writing language system are still suppressed by the male authority ju s t like their gender position. Starting from metaphorical meanings of “ yellow ” and“ wallpaper”,this paper further reveals the contradictory relation between women’s w r i t in g , reading and ident i ty, and discusses the possibility of establishing a female independent expression and its special function in reconstructing female spiritual world and helping the female gain independence and freedom.