畸零人的困境——小说《井》的悖论式象征意象解读

The Dilemma of the Marginal——The Interpretation of Paradoxical Symbolic Images in “The Well”

澳大利亚作家伊丽莎白·乔利的代表作《井》,以混沌的隐喻揭示了主流话语暴力的规训下边缘女性颠覆传统身份的尝试与挫败。不同于普通一元性的象征手法运用和过往对小说定向象征意象的解读,小说中的井、农场和流行商品三个象征意象皆具有悖论性。此类物质性意象既指向女性欲望的抒发与自我身份认同的探寻,又象征着正统男权价值观的入侵和压制。文章通过解码悖论式象征意象的动态范式,透视了乔利对边缘“另类”女性困境的关注,及对中心文化压迫及潜伏式男权思维的批判。

“The Well”,the representative work of Australian writer Elizabeth Jolly,reveals the attempt and frustration of marginal women to subvert their traditional identity under the discipline of mainstream discourse violence.Different from the use of ordinary and unitary symbolic technique and the previous interpretation of directional symbolism,the symbolic images in the novel:the well,farm and fashion goods are all paradoxical.Such material images not only point to the expression of female desire and the exploration of self identity,but also symbolize the invasion and suppression of orthodox male supremacy values.By decoding the paradoxical symbolic image,the paper analyzes Jolly’s concern for the dilemma of marginalized“alternative”women and her criticism of central cultural oppression and latent male dominated thinking.