对立与融合--对《我的安东妮亚》中语象叙事的再思考  

Opposition and Synergy--Rethinking the Ekphrasis in My ántonia

作　　者：谢雨岑 XIE Yucen(College of Foreign Languages and Cultures,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610225,China)

机构地区：[1]四川大学外国语学院,四川成都610225

出　　处：《四川职业技术学院学报》2022年第5期132-139,共8页Journal of Sichuan Vocational and Technical College

摘　　要：《我的安东妮亚》是美国作家薇拉·凯瑟的代表作之一,是一部以男性视角描摹女性形象的经典文本,具有语象叙事的特征。语言与图像既对立又融合,其复杂关系背后隐含着一种性别原则。语言是自足的、文明的、时间性的,象征着男性;而图像是装饰的、非理性的、空间性的,象征着女性。吉姆的语象叙事既体现了将女性角色视为审美客体按需再现的语言霸权,又暗含回到童年时代语象融合状态的期许和趋势。同时,小说中安东妮亚、莉娜等女性角色将女性化的图像语言寓于制衣和摄影艺术之中,在男性文本的间隙传达出女性艺术家的言说冲动,营造出包容性的女性艺术氛围。从语象叙事的角度重读《我的安东妮亚》不仅能更好地解析小说所反映的两性现实,还能以吉姆的困境远眺整个国家和时代,为理解小说主题提供新视角。My ántonia,one of the masterpieces by American writer Willa Cather, is a classic text in which the male narrator portrays the images of women and is characterized by ekphrasis.Words and images are put in a unity of opposites, behind which a gender principle is implied.Words are self-sufficient, civilized and temporal, symbolizing men, while images are decorative, irrational and spatial, symbolizing women.In Jim’s ekphrastic narration, both linguistic hegemony of representing female characters as aesthetic objects according to his own demand and the implicit expectation and tendency to return to the state of childhood ekphrastic synergy are embodied.Meanwhile, the heroines in the novel, such as ántonia and Lena, incorporate feminine pictorial language into such artistic forms as dressmaking and photography, conveying the female artists’ impulse to air their own voice in the interstices of male texts and to create an inclusive female artistic atmosphere.Rereading My ántonia from the angle of ekphrasis not only provides a better analysis of the gender reality reflected in the novel, but also gives a fresh perspective for interpreting its themes by having Jim’s plight epitomize that of the whole country and the times.

关 键 词：《我的安东妮亚》 美杜莎式语象叙事 语象融合 

分 类 号：I106.4[文学—世界文学]