身份、空间和正义:《同命人审案》的女性共同体建构

Identity,Space and Justice:Women’s Community in "A Jury of Her Peers"

作为一篇典型的女权主义短篇小说,《同命人审案》通过一桩谋杀案探讨了女性的弱者身份、父权制社会下女性公共领域生活的缺失,以及法律制度存在缺陷情况下女性如何自救和互助等命题。本文从两性身份、空间区隔和伦理正义三个方面对作品展开分析,试图揭示出作品中蕴含的由"姐妹情谊"构筑的女性共同体的颠覆性力量对传统父权制的冲击,认为女性应当通过参与公共领域的生活争取自身主体性身份和平等权利,同时应当保持女性的特质,通过与男性社会充分的沟通和交换意见,从而达成和谐、多元、包容的两性关系。

As a prototypical feminist short story,"A Jury of Her Peers" explores,through a murder case,the weakness of women,the absence of women’ s life in the public sphere of a patriarchal society,and how women can save themselves and help each other under a flawed legal system.This article analyzes the short story from three aspects:gender identity,spatial separation and ethical justice.It argues that the story reveals the subversive power of female community constructed by "sisterhood" against the patriarchal system.It is believed that women’s struggle for their subjective identity and equal rights must be carried out through participation in the public sphere,while preserving their unique femininity so as to facilitate harmonious,pluralistic and inclusive gender relations through adequate communication and exchange of views with male society.