格兰道尔之母的隐藏身份  

On the Hidden Identity of Grendel’s Mother

作　　者：陶丽丽[1] Tao Lili(College of Foreign Languages Studies, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, 266590)

机构地区：[1]山东科技大学外语学院,山东青岛266590

出　　处：《语文学刊》2020年第5期67-71,共5页Journal of Language and Literature Studies

基　　金：2018年山东省高等学校人文社会科学项目“福克纳后期创作中的家族罗曼史研究”(J18RA215);2018年度山东省艺术教育专项课题“席勒美育理论的当代启示研究”(YJ201811073)阶段性成果。

摘　　要：古盎格鲁-撒克逊史诗《贝奥武甫》为世人所熟悉,故事中,格兰道尔之母的形象通常是负面的、妖魔化的,被称为“妖母”。事实上,史诗原文的作者除了在态度上对格兰道尔表达了不满,并未明确地以妖魔之名称谓格兰道尔的母亲。认为她是魔怪的研究一般会从追踪他们母子的“该隐”后代身份、类比北欧民间传统叙事中的妖魔女性、与男性英雄主义对应的精神隐喻等方面来入手。但是,他们的该隐后代之说不是可靠叙事,而是受基督教思想渗透影响下的改写。传统叙事的人物类比同样是文学的春秋笔法,需要在当时的历史时代价值观下加以甄别与判断,对比男性英雄主义的隐喻是男性霸权的政治化体现。在朱迪斯·巴特勒的后女性主义性别与身份理论观点下,格兰道尔之母并非超自然妖魔,而是一名女武士的身份呼之欲出。The Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf is well known to the world.In the story,the image of Grendel’s mother,who is often negative and demonized,is called“the monster mother”.However,the author of the epic does not explicitly refer to Grendel’s mother as a demon or monster in the manuscript,except to express dissatisfaction for her.The research that considers her as a monster generally starts from tracing her son Grendel’s identity as a“Cain”descendant,comparing her with the demon women in the Norse folk narratives,and the spiritual metaphor corresponding to male heroism.Yet the so-called Cain offspring narration is unreliable,since it was rewritten under the influence and penetration of Christian thoughts.The analogy among traditional narrative characters was also evolving literary dictions,which needs to be judged and identified at the context of the historical era.And the comparison with metaphor of male heroism represents the politicization of male hegemony.Under Judith Butler’s post-feminist theory of gender and identity,Grendel’s mother is not a supernatural monster,but a female warrior.

关 键 词：《贝奥武甫》 格兰道尔之母 性别展演 魔怪 女武士 

分 类 号：I106.4[文学—世界文学]