压迫与保护、对立与依赖——评哥特小说中女性与父权制度的矛盾关系

Oppression and Protection, Attraction and Fear:The Tug-of-War between Women and Patriarchy in the Gothic Novel

女权与父权在近现代文学作品中并非始终势不两立。英国哥特小说对父权制度及其代表往往表现出既向往又恐惧的暧昧态度,两者关系中对立与依赖常兼而有之。这种矛盾态度实际上是十八九世纪中产阶级对于当时新兴的资本主义的一种批评,反映中产阶级对这种制度与生产方式复杂的认识与感受。

The Gothic novel reveals the relationship between women and patriarchy to be far more complex than one of oppression and resistance. Protagonists and authors of these works, both heavily feminine groups, show conflicting sentiments towards patriarchy and its representatives and symbols. Such ambivalence is a form of the 18thcentury middleclass's critique of the burgeoning capitalist model of production.