从沉默到反抗——后殖民女性主义视角解读《灿烂千阳》

From Silence to Resistance:A Study of A Thousand Splendid Suns from the Perspective of Postcolonial Feminism

《灿烂千阳》是阿富汗裔美国作家卡勒德·胡赛尼的第二部作品,以阿富汗三十年动乱时期苏联入侵、阿富汗政权更迭和塔利班暴政为历史背景,描绘了阿富汗女性玛利雅姆和莱拉处在父权制、阶级、殖民统治、战争和宗教极端势力等多方面压迫下,被迫保持沉默、丧失了话语权,成为庶民阶层。从后殖民女性主义视角,分析玛利雅姆和莱拉作为庶民阶层如何处于失语状态,造成这种状态的原因以及在面对多重压迫时,女性如何从忍耐到觉醒,最后奋起反抗。关注第三世界女性如何打破沉默的桎梏,重新获得自己的声音。

A Thousand Splendid Suns is the second novel of Khaled Hosseini,an Afghan-American novelist.Based on the history of the Soviet invasion,the continuous change of government,and the tyranny of the Taliban,the novel portrays the plight of the two protagonists,Mariam and Laila,under the multiple oppressions brought upon by patriarchy,imperialism,religion,and class.From the perspective of postcolonial feminism,the article analyzes how Mariam and Laila,as the subaltern class,are in a state of dissonance,the reasons for this state,and how,in the face of multiple oppressions,women move from patience to awakening,and finally rise up in resistance.It focuses on how women in the third world break the shackles of silence and regain their voices.