《傻瓜吉姆佩尔》中的女性形象分析

Analysis of Female Image in Gimple The Fool

艾萨克·巴什维斯·辛格的作品《傻瓜吉姆佩尔》是美国犹太文学史上最著名的短篇小说之一。因有论者认为在辛格的作品中占据主导地位的始终是男性,对《傻瓜吉姆佩尔》中的女性人物形象研究甚少,然而女性人物埃尔卡在《傻瓜吉姆佩尔》中不仅是性别陪衬。她是深受犹太宗教以及犹太传统文化打压的犹太女性,也同时肩负了犹太社会赋予其更重要的人生使命。辛格在小说中所着力表现的不仅仅是生活在那个时代的犹太妇女无奈低贱的处境,更是在犹太男性社会中犹太女性存在的独特价值。

Gimple The Fool is one of the most famous short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer in American Jewish literature. Most scholars regard that the main leadership in Singer’s stories is the man and seldom focus on the female image, however Elka in Gimple The Fool is not just a component of the gender, who is suffered and oppressed by the Jewish tradition and religion while she takes up the burden and mission of the Jewish society at the same time. Singer not only portrays the condition of the Jewish women in that time but also reveals the significance of their existence. This paper aims to discuss the female image in this short story, and explore the social and cultural elements contributing to the female characteristic in traditional Jewish society.