“闺秀”身份的名与实——论陈翠娜的小说书写与日常实践

The Fame and Substance of the “High-born Lady” Identity:On Chen Cuina's Novel Writing and Every Life

陈翠娜是20世纪上半叶的重要女作家。她通过小说书写与日常生活的双重实践,形塑了自身的闺秀身份与主体形象。创作主体的闺秀意识,使其小说的思想主旨表现为对传统礼教的恋守,而在艺术上呈现出温柔敦厚的美学风格。同时,文本中的实践主体是开放的,陈翠娜一生都在维持闺秀身段的名实相符。尽管她的文学选择和行为方式与传统闺秀似出同源,但精神气质已大不相同,不应为新旧女性"两分法"的叙事模式所遮蔽。

Chen Cuina was an important woman writer in the firs half of the twentieth century. Her dual practice of novel writing and every life shaped her high-born lady identity and principal figure. Her sense of taking the high-born lady as the principal figure made the theme of her novels being persistent on traditional ethics and reflected the aesthetic style of gentleness and sincerity in terms of art. While the principal figure in her writing was open, Chen Cuina tried to keep both the fame and the substance of her high-born lady identity in all her life. Even though her literature choice and conduct of behavior appeared the same as the traditional high-born ladies, they were quite different in terms of spiritual disposition and thus should not be misled by the story-telling pattern of dichotomy between old and new females.