摘要
法国女作家莱蒂西娅·科隆巴尼的小说《辫子》具有很强的现实意义,作者将印度、意大利和加拿大三个空间并置,分别围绕斯密塔、朱丽娅和萨拉三位女性的伦理困境展开共时性叙事。作者通过故事人物视角的转换,将不同空间所承载的伦理规范与主人公的个体经验相糅合,投射出三位女性各自遭遇的不同伦理困境,涉及种姓伦理、性别伦理、种族伦理、职场伦理等问题。本文将结合空间叙事学和文学伦理学批评的相关理论,探讨三个不同空间下的伦理语境及女性所处的伦理困境。三位女性因“辫子”建立起了一种超越国别、种族、阶级和文化的“女性情谊”,她们不仅在与自身遭遇的伦理束缚相抗争,更是为更多的女性争取权益而斗争。
French writer Laetitia Colombani’s novel The Braid resonates very strongly with the real world to the extent that it juxtaposes the three spaces of India,Italy and Canada and develops a cotemporal narration around the ethical dilemmas of three women,namely,Smita,Giulia and Sarah.Through the shifting perspectives of the characters,the ethical norms burdening each space are intermingled with their personal experiences and the ethical dilemmas facing each of them,involving caste,gender norms,racial norms and workplace norms,are bought into light.This article combines the theories of space narratology and ethical literary criticism and explores the ethical norms in three different spaces and the ethical dilemmas facing women.The three protagonists,having established a kind of“sisterhood”that transcends nationality,race,class and cultural differences on account of the“braids”,are not only fighting against the ethical constraints imposed on them individually,but are also striving for the rights and interest for women generally.
作者
陈丽娟
刘新梅
Chen Lijuan;Zhou Xinmei
