“阉割”与“人性”——论严歌苓男性人物形象塑造的双性同体意识

“Castration” and “Human Nature”——On Awareness of Androgyny in Male Image Built by Yan Geling

严歌苓小说中的男性人物形象打破了传统意义上的男性性别神话,在男性人物的塑造上多以病态、萎靡和缺乏男子气概的形象出现,生理或心理被"阉割"的表征使他们具备了"双性同体"的性别特质,表现出作者立足性别、超越性别的创作理念,和对"人性"母题的永恒关注。

The male characters in Yan Geling＇s novels break through the male gender myth in the traditional sense. In shaping the images of male characters,she tries to project an image of being morbid,malaise and lack of masculine appearance. Physiological castration or Spiritual Castration make the male figures possess the feature of＂androgyny＂which shows Yan Gelding＇s writing conception that stands on gender and surpass gender,expressing an eternal concern to the topic of human nature.