夏洛蒂•勃朗特晚期小说中的鬼魂、幻觉与互文

外国文学研究 ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 141-150.

夏洛蒂•勃朗特晚期小说中的鬼魂、幻觉与互文

张秋子

出版日期:2017-12-25 发布日期:2022-06-15
作者简介:张秋子,云南师范大学文学院讲师,主要研究方向为英国维多利亚时期文学。

The Ghosts, Illusion and Intertextuality in Charlotte Brontё's Late Novels

Zhang Qiuzi

Online:2017-12-25 Published:2022-06-15
About author:Zhang Qiuzi is lecturer at College of Liberal Arts, Yunnan Normal University (Kunming 650500, China). Her main research interest is Victorian literature. Email: nankaidengwo@163.com

摘要/Abstract

内容摘要： 夏洛蒂•勃朗特晚期的作品《谢利》与《维莱特》展现出丰富而相似的哥特元素,但一直被视作孤立的两部作品。实际上,两部小说中的幻觉与鬼魂等神秘元素构成了互相呼应的互文关系。其中,对鬼魂的书写讨论的是“真我”与“名我”的关系,勃朗特借此批判了维多利亚时代的高压教育环境,而对幻觉的书写讨论的是“真视”和“假视”的关系,现代医学的“真视”构成了全景敞视监狱,而幻觉却以病理学的“假视”消解了“真视”的监控。夏洛蒂•勃朗特借助对于两部小说中互文关系的探讨,勾勒出19世纪英国社会的充斥的威权意识,并最终将“解毒”路径诉诸以神秘主义话语。

关键词: 夏洛蒂•勃朗特, 《谢利》, 《维莱特》, 鬼魂, 幻觉, 互文

Abstract: Charlotte Brontё's late novels Shirley and Villette show rich and similar Gothic elements but they are always regarded as two isolated works. In fact, the two novels constitute intertextuality in terms of illusion and ghosts and other mysterious elements. In those two novels, the discussion of ghosts investigates the relations between real me and so-called me, by which, Charlotte Brontё criticizes the high pressure of the educational environment in the Victorian age while the discussion of illusion investigates the relations between the real-vision and pseudo-vision. Real-vision comes from modern medicine and constitutes a panoramic view of the prison, while illusion, based on pathology, breaks up the monitor of real-vision. Through those discussions, Charlotte Brontё depicts the authority consciousness in the Victorian society and appeals to mystic discourse as a resolution.

Key words: Charlotte Brontё, Shirley, Villette, Ghosts, illusion, intertextuality

张秋子. 夏洛蒂•勃朗特晚期小说中的鬼魂、幻觉与互文[J]. 外国文学研究, 2017, 39(6): 141-150.

Zhang Qiuzi. The Ghosts, Illusion and Intertextuality in Charlotte Brontё's Late Novels[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2017, 39(6): 141-150.

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