英国维多利亚时代女作家的“责任”之说——从《夏洛蒂·勃朗特传》谈起  

Victorian Women Writers' Sense of Duty:A Reading of The Life of Charlotte Brontё

作　　者：傅燕晖[1] 

机构地区：[1]中国社会科学院外国文学研究所

出　　处：《国外文学》2014年第2期12-19,156,共8页Foreign Literatures

摘　　要：维多利亚时代的英国女作家在写作题材等方面备受限制,尤受"家庭天使"女性意象的掌控。夏洛蒂·勃朗特因创造了与"家庭天使"大相径庭的简·爱形象而饱受批判指责。同时代的另一著名女作家伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔在《夏洛蒂·勃朗特传》中极力为夏洛蒂辩护。盖斯凯尔的正名之路,揭示了维多利亚时代女作家如何应对维多利亚社会加载于她们身上的多重责任,以及她们如何借用"责任"之说来为自身拓展活动的领域。这一举动意义深远。Victorian women writers were expected to write within certain limits.Among many others things,they should create female characters that bear much resemblance to'the Angel in the House'.Charlotte Brontё suffers attacks for her creating Jane Eyre,a character that greatly deviates from the ideal Victorian woman: 'the Angel in the House'.Having in mind the task of restoring Charlotte's reputation,Elizabeth Gaskell sets out to write The Life of Charlotte Brontё,through which is revealed Victorian women writers' way to cope with duties of all sorts imposed upon them by the dominant ideology.It is strikingly noticeable that in the name of fulfilling duties,Victorian women writers strive to widen their sphere of action.Their efforts benefit women writers of later generations.

关 键 词：维多利亚时代女作家 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔 夏洛蒂·勃朗特 《夏洛蒂·勃朗特传》 

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