摘要
肖邦的著名短篇《德西蕾的孩子》中有一个很不起眼的人物,她无名无姓,而且从未直接出场。从叙事的角度说,肖邦设计这个角色似乎只是为了增加故事结尾的戏剧性,然而如果从新的文本解读视角来看,这位未出场的无名氏却是一个关键的人物,她在小说中所起的作用具有全方位的、强烈的"颠覆性"。从一定意义上说,她颠覆了整个故事,使之产生了出人意料的效果和意义;更重要的是,她颠覆了拉贝种植园、颠覆了她的爱子的身份,从而也颠覆了当时美国社会主导性的权力关系。她所产生的这种颠覆性的力量,是当时美国社会特有的种族、性别关系所赋予的。因此只有从具体的历史语境着眼,才能透彻地理解这篇小说的深刻内涵。
In Kate Chopin's 'D sir e's Baby',there is a nameless woman who hardly attracts readers' attention. She never presents herself in the scene of the story, and the author's mentioning her seems only to enhance the dramatics of the ending of the story. But if it is read in a new perspective, this nameless woman can become a key figure who plays an important role of subversion. In a sense, she subverts the whole story and adds to it some unexpected meaning; above all, she subverts L'Abri, the life of her beloved son, and the dominant power relations in American society. The subversive power she has derives from the distorted race-gender situation of the time. Thus it is important to historically contextualize the story in order to reach a more insightful understanding of its meaning.
出处
《外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2010年第5期3-10,共8页
Foreign Literature
基金
天津市哲学社会科学规划后期资助项目"美国内战前南部黑人文化研究"(YWHQ-2-16)
