从“他者”走向“她者”——托妮·莫里森《爱》中的性别书写与艺术张力

From“the Other He”towards“the Other She”:The Gender Writing and Artistic Tension of Morrison's Novel Love

在小说《爱》中,托妮·莫里森颠覆了以往女性主义作家对于女性个人经验的直接书写,通过众女主的内聚焦叙述,塑造了柯西——一个已故的权威男性家长形象,并以柯西为叙事中心延展出其精妙构思的一系列种族冲突以及家庭冲突。本文试图将新批评主义的张力概念置于性别视阈下,探讨在《爱》中存在的强和弱、爱与恨的二元对立冲突,并借此厘清莫里森着墨男性形象,实则铺垫女性意识觉醒以期达到性别平等种族解放的春秋笔法。

In the novel Love,Toni Morrison overturned the direct writing of women’s personal experiences by previous feminist writers.Through the inner-focused narration of the heroines,she created Bill Cosey,a deceased male,who represents the supremacy of family.As the narrative center,Cosey led a series of racial conflicts and family conflicts that Morrison conceived ingeniously.This article attempts to put the tension theory of neo-criticism under the perspective of gender,explore the dual conflicts between the strong and the weak,love and hate in Love.And to clarify that the male images inked by Morrison actually paved a way for the deep connotation of female consciousness awakening and achieving the gender and race equality.