“木兰故事”的演变与性别易装书写

The Evolution of the Story of Mulan and Gender Performativity Writing

木兰故事是"性别易装"母题的一个经典文本,后世文人对它的改编蕴含着男性本位的价值取舍,强化了全贞全节、持守德操的木兰形象,同时将其纳入近代国家民族想象,发挥了某种思想载体的功能。其间,"贞节"为改编者所分外看重;而"缠足"作为女性最具代表性的身体印记进入叙事,凸显了男女不平等的社会性别文化。木兰故事的改编在"女→男→女"的性别出位与归位过程中,折射出传统文化积淀及思维定势。

The story of Mulan is a classic text on the 'gender performativity' motif. The adaptations of the story by later scholars, influenced by androcentric value orientation, put the emphasis on Mulan’s keeping her virginity and virtues, and, set in the modern national imagination, functioned as a though carrier. 'Virginity' was especially valued by the adaptors, while 'foot-binding,' as the most representative of female body imprints in the narration, highlighted the inequality between male and female in the social gender culture. The adaptations of the story, following the 'female to male to female' progress, reflected traditional cultural accumulation and mental set.