女性主义视阈下《莎菲拉与女奴》中的矛盾冲突分析

Analysis on the Conflicts in Sapphiar and the Slave Girl from the Perspective of Feminisim

《莎菲拉与女奴》是美国小说家薇拉·凯瑟的最后一部作品。小说从女性视角揭露了美国南北战争前后女性与男性、女性与家庭、女性与社会,以及女性与自我的矛盾冲突。文本显示各种矛盾冲突的产生有其社会原因、历史原因和个人原因,这既是作者对人性的探讨,也是对美国社会中种族主义与性别主义的拷问,同时,也体现出作者无论对白人女性,还是对黑人女性的人道主义关怀。

Sapphiar and the Slave Girl is the last novel of American writer Willa Cather.The novel exposes,from the perspective of feminism,the conflicts between female and male,female and family,female and society,as well as female and herself during the time of the Civil War.The social reasons,historical reasons and individual reasons of these conflicts can be found in the novel.The author in the novel explores human nature,interrogates racialism and sexism in American society,and reflects her humanitarian concern for both the white female and the black female.