《他们眼望上苍》中的女性气质书写

On the Femininity in Their Eyes were Watching God

在父权制和白人文化的合谋下,“真正的女人”是19世纪美国内战时期被普遍信奉和认同的女性气质规范。小说《他们眼望上苍》以黑人女性珍妮的三次婚姻为线索,描写了她对西方传统理想女性气质规范从遵从、背离到超越的过程。小说反思了以“真正的女人”为代表的西方传统女性气质规范对黑人女性的误导和戕害,极具前瞻性地提出构建自强、独立、自主的新型女性气质,超越了非裔妇女写作的时代局限,是美国妇女文学中当之无愧的经典之作。

In the conspiracy of patriarchy and white culture,“True Woman”was the norm of femininity widely believed and recognized during the American civil war in the 19th century.Their Eyes were Watching God portrays three marriages of a black woman Jenny,describing her change from compliance,deviation to transcendence to the traditional norm of western ideal femininity.The novel reflects on the negative effects exerted on norms of African American women,explores the modern femininity prospectively,which goes far beyond the time limitation and has been ranked as a well-deserved classic of American women's literature.