为了尊重和认可而奋斗——解读《人树》第三代女性人物形象

Women Struggling for Respect and Recognition——Interpretation of The Third Generation Women Characters in The Tree of Ma

《人树》是怀特创作道路上的里程碑,并为其赢得了国际声誉。怀特在小说中塑造了69位女性人物,并横跨三代。每代女性有其鲜明的特点,并承载了展示民族形象的功效。《人树》中的第三代女性人物形象揭示了澳大利亚逐渐融入国际舞台,走向多元化的进程。从第三代女性人物中选取三位具有代表意义的形象进行分析和探讨,以其来展示怀特如何通过女性人物的视角来关注澳大利亚民族问题,以及他是如何通过《人树》来重塑澳大利亚历史,并以此来构建澳大利亚民族形象。

The Tree of Man regarded as a milestone in white's creative path, which won him an international reputation. White created sixty-nine women characters covering three different generations. Each one has their own characteristics, and carries the function of displaying the national image. Women characters of the third generation reveals the process of Australia gradually integrating into the international stage, and its diversification. Analyzing the three representative women characters of the third generation would show that how White concerns Australia's national difficulties through the women's perspective, and how he recreates the Australian history through The Tree of Man, and builds Australia's national image.