论华裔女性的生存困境——以《典型的美国人》中的海伦为例  

On the dilemma of Chinese American women——A case study of Helen in Typical American

作　　者：罗媛[1] 

机构地区：[1]苏州科技大学

出　　处：《外文研究》2016年第4期26-30,共5页Foreign Studies

基　　金：2016年江苏省哲学社科界应用研究课题(指令性)"移情视阈下的英语专业学生英美文学阅读能力培养研究"(16jsyw-29);2016年江苏省社科基金项目"伊恩.麦克尤恩小说之移情关怀伦理研究"(16WWD004)

摘　　要：本文从后殖民女性主义角度解读《典型的美国人》,探析以女主人公海伦为代表的华裔女性的生存困境。作为离散族裔,海伦初抵美国就遭遇了霍米·巴巴所说的"非家幻觉",为了驱散"非家幻觉",她步入婚姻、并主动接受美国文化,积极地适应海外生活。受中西文化影响的海伦,既挑战又迎合丈夫拉尔夫的男权意识,勇敢地探索自我的精神、情感空间。在经历婚外恋情感迷失的考验后,海伦日渐成熟,在家园建设中肩负起责任。虽然海伦一直以积极的姿态努力适应离散生活,却最终没能化解和丈夫之间的情感疏离,也摆脱不了种族、性别歧视,"非家幻觉"的阴影如影随形,挥之不去,海伦始终没能拥有真正文化意义上的"家"。From the post-colonial feminist perspective,this paper aims to analyze the dilemma of Chinese American women with Helen,the female protagonist,in Typical American as an example.As a female diaspora in America,after reaching America,Helen suffers the experience of 'the un-home-ly'interpreted by Homi K. Bhabha. Influenced by both Chinese culture and Western culture,Helen is positively involved in various activities to dispel the feelings of 'the un-homely'and tries to adapt herself to the alien world,so as to seek psychological and emotional belonging in the new environment. Helen paradoxically challenges and submits to the patriarchal consciousness of her husband Ralph,trying to explore her own spiritual and emotional world.After her short astray extramarital affair with Grover,Helen returns to the family and manages to shoulder the responsibility of rebuilding the home in crisis. Great efforts as she pays,Helen failsto overcome the emotional estrangement with her husband and suffers the racial and sexual discrimination. The feeling of 'the un-home-ly'haunts her all the time,and she never possesses a home in the real cultural sense.

关 键 词：典型的美国人 “非家幻觉” 家 困境 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]