《法国中尉的女人》中“新女性”书写与困境

The Writing and Predicament of “New Women” in The French Lieutenant’s Woman

《法国中尉的女人》的改编基本遵循原小说的女性议题设置,“异构同质”的嵌套结构更加突出了萨拉与安娜的女性成长路径,并使其镜像式地相互对照、互为指涉。作为新女性的代表,萨拉的个体成长折射出英国社会变革的更多可能性,她将身体化作僭越性别政治的武器,以此瓦解话语规训的藩篱,复归女性身体的本真与自治。然而,通过对电影文本的深度解读,我们也可以窥见其仍未能完全摆脱性别叙事窠臼。影片在女性身体、社会变革及故事结局等方面,仍未挣脱男性话语统治的桎梏。

The adaptation of The French Lieutenant’s Woman basically follows the female issue setting of the original novel. The nested structure of “heterogeneity and homogeneity” highlights the female growth paths of Sarah and Anna, and makes them mirror contrast and refer to each other. As a representative of the new women, Sarah’s individual growth reflects more possibilities for social change in Britain. She uses her body as a weapon to arrogate gender politics, so as to break down the barriers of discourse regulation and return to the truth and autonomy of the female body. However, through the in-depth interpretation of the film text, we can also see that it is still not completely out of the gender narrative rut. In terms of female body, social change and story ending, the film still has not broken free from the shackles of male discourse domination.