《一个迷途的女人》中的通奸叙事与社会政治变革隐喻  

Adultery Narrative and the Metaphorical Representation of Social and Political Reforms in A Lost Lady

作　　者：孙睿 Sun Rui(Department of English,School of Foreign Languages,Peking University,Beijing,China)

机构地区：[1]北京大学外国语学院,北京100871

出　　处：《外国文学》2024年第3期168-179,共12页Foreign Literature

摘　　要：薇拉·凯瑟的小说《一个迷途的女人》以一位拓荒者之妻的性越轨情节为叙事线索,但其讲述的不只是一个关于婚姻不忠的故事。在通奸叙事的艺术载体下,小说也与19世纪末20世纪初的美国社会政治现实展开想象性的对话。凯瑟改写了传统通奸叙事的道德意蕴,将改善不公现状和革新社会秩序的愿望投射其中。同时,她也对世纪之交的美国社会政治变革运动作出象征性描摹。小说中的第一段通奸情节隐喻了此前民粹主义兴起的政治景观,暗示凯瑟对此路径的否定态度;第二段不轨关系则折射出进步主义运动下的社会动态,包含着凯瑟对其阴暗面的质疑和批判。由此,小说构成作者考察和回应国家变革期社会政治生态的重要场域。Centering upon the heroine's sexual misbehavior as its major narrative thread,Willa Cather's A Lost Lady does not merely tell a story of infidelity,but also engages in a dialogue with the social and political realities in America at the turn of the 20th century.Rewriting the conventional moral implications of adultery narratives,Cather projects a desire for social rejuvenation into it,and conveys her dissatisfaction with an unjust status quo.Meanwhile,she also makes a symbolic representation of two reform movements in reality through the two adultery episodes unfolding in the novel.The first adultery plot mirrors the trajectory of populism at the end of the 19th century,toward which Cather indicates her negative attitude;the second illicit relationship alludes to the social dynamics during the progressive movement at the beginning of the 2oth century,and reflects Cather's concern of its dark sides.Thus,the novel constitutes an important field where the author examines and responds to the social and political realities of this crucial transitional period.

关 键 词：凯瑟 《一个迷途的女人》 通奸叙事 民粹主义 进步主义 

分 类 号：I712[文学—其他各国文学]