论《狐火》中成长主题的暴力表达

The Violence Narrative of Initiation Theme in Foxfire

《狐火》是一部描写上世纪五十年代美国蓝领阶级女孩成长经历的成长小说。小说的叙事结构与成长小说叙事结构原型相似,包含了成长困境、成长迷惘、成长考验和成长顿悟等成长小说要素,并且被暴力叙事所覆盖。暴力成为成长的梦魇,也触发了对成长的思考和觉醒,成为成长的引路人,最后也导致了成长的悲剧。通过对成长主题的暴力表达,作者欧茨揭示了美国底层女性真实的成长困境,并质疑了"美国梦"对底层阶级青少年成长的教育意义。

Foxfire is an initiation story that tells about the initiation journey of several American teenage girls from lower class in the 1950s. Its structure consists of the important elements of the archetypal structure of initiation story, i.e. the plight, the puzzle?ment, the ordeal and the epiphany etc., which are handled within a context of violence. For the protagonist, violence is a nightmare, which but otherwise gives much food for her thought and consciousness, and is also a guide to her tragic life. Through the violence narrative of initiation theme, Foxfire exposes the initiation problems of American youth, and questions the inspiration of“American dream”for adolescent education.