英国维多利亚初期中产阶级女性角色再界定——从《北方与南方》谈起  

Repositioning Victorian Middle-Class Women's Role——On North and South

作　　者：傅燕晖[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京大学英语系,北京100871

出　　处：《天津大学学报（社会科学版）》2013年第3期227-231,共5页Journal of Tianjin University：Social Sciences

摘　　要：英国维多利亚时代家庭意识形态规定了中产阶级女性对家庭的义务,反对她们参与政治经济领域事务,将其活动领域限制在家庭中。维多利亚时代著名小说家伊丽莎白.盖斯凯尔认同家庭意识形态规定的女性的家庭义务,但又注意到这一意识形态与社会现实之间的矛盾引发了一种趋向,即女性在自身道德感和社会现状二者合力作用下不可避免地偏离其被规定的活动领域。在小说《北方与南方》中,作者以此社会趋向为背景,以家庭意识形态为出发点,再次界定中产阶级女性角色,拓展了维多利亚时代女性的活动领域。Victorian domestic ideology addresses itself to the middle-class women, whose moral superiority is highly regarded and thus who are encouraged to take upon the moral responsibility towards their family. Among many other duties, Victorian middle-class women are supposed to focus their attention on their family and not allowed for any participation in the political or economical affairs. Victorian woman writer Elizabeth Gaskell obviously agrees with domestic ideology in its emphasis on women＇s domestic duties. Nevertheless, she is also fully aware of women＇s inclination to transgress the boundaries of women＇s sphere when they are driven by the sense of moral superiority or the force of social circumstances. In her North and South, Gaskell illustrates how women could strive for partial freedom after they have fulfilled the domestic duties. In this sense, Gaskell attempts for a repositioning of the role Victorian middle-class women are expected to play, helping widening Victorian women＇s sphere.

关 键 词：中产阶级女性 维多利亚时代家庭意识形态 道德感 《北方与南方》 

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