国内外对《红字》和《磨砺》这两部作品的评论不知凡几,但还未有对两部作品作并置研究。本文以《磨砺》文本为主,《红字》为辅,用解构主义文学理论家J·希利斯·米勒的重复理论解读《红字》和《磨砺》中呈现的重复与差异以期彰显女性在不同历史时期呈现的生命轨迹,《红字》中的海斯特实质上依旧是男性权威的代言人,《磨砺》中的罗莎蒙德则带着内心的矛盾刻意地反抗男权至上的传统社会对女性的规范。很明显,《红字》构建了一个男性权威为主导的社会,而《磨砾》则通过探索追求独立的现代女性面对的生存困惑力图重构一个摆脱男权控制的世界。
Both The Scarlet Letter and The Millstone are classic literature works. Though comments on these two works home and abroad are countless, study with the juxtapostion of the two never occurs. This paper employs J. Hillis Miller’s Repetition Theory to juxtaposes The Scarlet Letter with The Millstone to analyse the female’s life in different historical periods. Hester in The Scarlet Letter is in effect the spokeswoman of male authority, while Rosamend in The Millstone painstakingly protests against the norms towards women set by the traditional society with the supremacy of male authority. Obviously, the former constructs a male-dominated society while the latter tries to reconstruct one free of restraint of male power through exploring the inevitable living perplexity of women seeking independence in modern society.
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