幽灵叙事的反叛:弗农·李《奥克赫斯庄园的奥克》中的皮格玛利翁神话

The Subversion of the Ghost Narrative:The Pygmalion Myth in Vernon Lee’s "Oke of the Okehurst"

皮格玛利翁故事是欧洲文学常论不衰的神话母题之一,它演化为一种极力推崇男性创造力的性别神话。该话语所蕴含的不平等的性别模式在19世纪末的英国文坛,尤其是在唯美主义艺术家群体中,成为引发艺术创作的焦点。本文探讨弗农·李对皮格玛利翁神话的改写与解构,着重探索奇幻文学类型中幽灵叙事策略为展现女性创造力和反抗男性话语权威所提供的叙事可能性。

The myth of Pygmalion is an enduring one in European literature and its sanctification of male creative prowess has captivated the fascination of generations of artists.The inhering gender discourse of Pygmalionism became the focus of critical and artistic exploration in the late nineteenth century Britain,especially among the Aesthetic artists.This article examines Vernon Lee’s revision and deconstruction of the Pygmalion myth and analyses how a ghost narrative unique to fantastic literature may offer an outlet for female creativity and women’s rebellion against the master discourse inscribed onto their body.