自我的疏离与回归:《莱娜》对女性身份构建的思考

Self-alienation and Return: A Reflection on the Construction of Female Identity in Lena

马克思异化理论指出当人的本质外化为异己的他物时,人与其本质成为对象性的关系而异化了。在梅维斯·迦兰的《莱娜》中,男性话语对女性的边缘化使莱娜既无法从家庭获得情感上的慰藉,也无法从社会获得认同。否认“自我”的主体最终由外在的家庭与社会转化为个体本身,造成了“自我”的异化。因此,女性必须回归自我、完善自我,成为参与家庭与社会的主体,彰显自身的主体性价值,才能避免男性话语的异化,实现身份的构建。

Marx s alienation theory points out that when a person s essence is externalized as the alien,the relationship between him and his essence becomes the object relationship,which causes alienation.In Mavis Garland s Lena,the male discourse deepens the marginalization of the female,which makes Lena neither get emotional comfort from the family nor identity from the society.The subject of self-denial transfers from the family and society to the individual self,which causes self-alienation.Therefore,the female have to return and perfect themselves,and become the subject of the family and society and manifest their subjective values,which would prevent themselves from alienation and achieve identity construction.