性别、身体与国家——论《她的国》中的女性乌托邦

Gender, Body and Nation:the Female Utopia in “Herland”

从“女权主义”这一概念被提出至今,“性别平等”这一议题已经在无数的文学作品中被提及、讨论以及定义。吉尔曼的《她的国》无疑是第一次女权主义运动的代表作,也因此充分体现了二十世纪初的激进女权主义对于“性别平等”的理解与设想。然而这部一个世纪以前的作品看似描绘了对“性别平等”的美好幻想,实则因为其对于“女权主义”的矫枉过正,反而将女性桎梏在了更深层的枷锁之中。本文拟通过对《她的国》的文本分析,揭露吉尔曼塑造的女性主义乌托邦的美好幻景之下对“女权”这一概念的异化。

Since the concept of“feminism”was proposed,the issue of“gender equality”has been mentioned,discussed and defined in numerous literary works.Gilman’s“Herland”is undoubtedly one of the representative works of the first feminist movement,and thus fully embodies the understanding and assumption of“gender equality”of radical feminism in the early 20th century.However,while this work seems to depict a beautiful fantasy of“gender equality”,it actually shackles women in a deeper sense because of its feminist overcorrection.Through the textual analysis of“Herland”,we will reveal the alienation of the concept of“feminism”under the beautiful illusion of feminist Utopia created by Gilman.