伍尔夫作品中的“战争英雄”塑像及其反战思想

The Statues of“War Heroes”and Anti-War Thoughts in Woolf’s Works

伍尔夫经历了兴起于19世纪的“塑像狂热”时代,目睹英国在两次世界大战时利用“战争英雄”塑像鼓吹爱国主义、英雄主义和黩武主义。她在作品中描述了卡维尔塑像,批判英国借用该塑像实施的伪善宣传,通过对阿克琉斯塑像的书写揭露一些女性在英雄主义建构的战争话语中扮演了同谋的角色。伍尔夫借助想象中的“圣火女神”塑像所表征的博爱精神和人类共同价值,解构了鼓吹战争的主流话语,展现了其对阻止战争、实现和平所做的反思。

Virginia Woolf witnessed the emergence of“statue mania”in the 19th century and expressed her discontent with Britain’s utilization of“war heroes”statues to propagate patriotism,heroism,and militarism during the two World Wars.In her works,Woolf criticizes hypocritical British propaganda through the portrayal of the Cavell statue and illuminates the complicit role undertaken by certain women in the war discourse constructed by heroism through the depiction of the Achilles statue.In response,Woolf embraces the ethos of fraternity and universal human values,epitomized by an envisioned“flaming Goddess”statue,in order to dismantle the dominant discourse advocating for warfare,thereby elucidating her contemplations on the prevention of war and the attainment of peace.