空间批评视域下《何去何从》中“厨房”意象解读

Interpretation of Where Are You Going,Where Have You Been?from the Perspective of Space Criticism

厨房是家庭空间的重要组成部分,是性别、阶级和家庭权力博弈的载体。欧茨的代表作《何去何从》描述了20世纪60年代美国青年女性康妮在“厨房”这一空间场所进行自我身份建构、表达情感、颠覆男权为中心的传统社会结构的活动。同时,揭示出易于入侵,无法提供保护的厨房象征着女主人公康妮为代表的青年女性不堪一击的心理空间。女性心理空间的脆弱,加上家庭功能的缺失和亲情关系淡漠导致了其悲剧人生。

Kitchen is an important part of home space, which embodies rights, class and gender struggles. Oates′s Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been describes an American young woman Connie′s life experience in 1960s. Connie constructs self-identity, expresses feelings and subverts the traditional male-dominated social structure in the space of kitchen. However, the kitchen also represents Connie′s fragile psychological space, which cannot protect Connie from violation. And lack of family function and cold family relationships also cause Connie′s tragedy.