【作者】 王辉；

【导师】 张强；

【作者基本信息】 华中师范大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2016， 硕士

【摘要】 邝丽莎是活跃在当代美国华裔文坛的女作家之一。她的作品多以中国社会为背景讲述关于中国和关于华人的故事,其中她于2005年出版的小说《雪花秘扇》一经问世便引起了广泛关注,更是被译为多种语言被世界各地人们阅读。近年来,国内对邝丽莎的研究也日益增多,其中对《雪花秘扇》的研究多集中于从东方主义,女性主义等角度进行分析。本文试图用聂珍钊教授提出的文学伦理学批评方法并结合中国封建社会时代背景,在《雪花秘扇》的文本细读的基础上对其进行文学伦理学解读,旨在通过分析小说的伦理结构来揭示小说的伦理价值。本文的主体包括三部分。本文的第二章和第三章主要关注小说的伦理结构并对其进行分析,第四章则分析小说的伦理价值。论文首先从小说的伦理结构着手,第二章和第三章分别分析其中并行的两条伦理线即“百合和雪花的成长历程”以及“百合与雪花之间的老同关系”,并并对其各自的伦理结进行解构。论文在第二章中分别分析百合的成长和雪花的成长,重点关注在她们成长历程中各自的伦理身份的变化以及在面对伦理困境时做出的伦理选择。百合一生恪守封建礼教,从一个农家姑娘到最后成长为县长夫人,她完美地履行了封建制度所要求的女性各种伦理身份的职责,成功地适应了当时的伦理环境。相比之下,雪花从一个千金小姐沦为屠夫之妻,从一个有反叛精神的少女到屈从于封建礼教的少妇,不堪生活重负的雪花最终患病早逝。雪花没有能够适应当时的伦理环境导致了其最终的悲剧。在第三章中,论文分析百合和雪花之间特殊的伦理关系即老同关系。在介绍老同关系和女书文字之后,本章分析百合和雪花的老同关系在其特定伦理环境中的发展过程,重点关注百合和雪花在维持老同关系同时由于多元伦理身份而陷入伦理两难以及她们遭遇伦理两难时各自作出的伦理选择。雪花维持她们的老同关系时在是否要无条件忠于自己的老同时陷入了履行子女义务和顺应个人情感的两难境地。百合则纠结于是否应该听从婆家的意见与婚后地位卑微的雪花断绝老同关系。在遭遇伦理困境时她们所作的选择实则违背了老同的伦理禁忌,加之百合在斯芬克斯因子的影响下作出极端判断与雪花断绝老同关系,两人关系的破裂最终还是无可避免。在分析了小说的伦理结构之后,论文接着探讨《雪花秘扇》的伦理价值。在封建礼教的束缚下,女性的成长史实际是一部妥协和屈服的历史,她们一生做能做的唯一一件事就是服从。相比之下,老同关系实质则是对男性主权的挑战而女书这一文字虽有局限但仍体现了女性意识的觉醒。通过运用文学伦理学对小说进行解读,揭示了此小说的伦理价值,对当代社会人们的家庭伦理以及社会伦理问题的解决都有所裨益。本文试图为读者和研究者提供一个新的视角来解读《雪花秘扇》,以期在一定程度上拓宽对这部小说的研究。更多还原

【Abstract】 As a Chinese-American female writer and novelist, Lisa See is still active in the field of contemporary Chinese-American literature. Her works are based on Chinese stories or against the background of ancient Chinese society. Published in 2005, See’s work Snow Flower and the Secret Fan enjoys popularity of the readers all over the world. In the recent years, researches on Lisa See and her works begin to emerge. Researches on Snow Flower and the Secret Fan are mainly from the perspective of Feminism and Orientalism, etc. Based on the text reading of the novel and the theory of ethical literary criticism, this thesis attempts to analyze the ethical structure of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and to reveal the ethical value of this novel.The body of this thesis comprises three parts. Chapter Two and Chapter Three analyze two ethical lines of the novel:the growth of Lily and Snow Flower and the laotong relationship between them and deconstruct the ethical knots on each line. Chapter Four discusses the ethical vale of the novel.First, this thesis analyzes the growth of Lily and Snow Flower under the ethical environment respectively, paying attention to the change of their ethical identities and their ethical choices. Lily who sticks to the feudal ethic all her life grows from a humble peasant daughter to the noble Lady Lu. She perfectly fulfils the duty of several ethical identities and successfully adapts to the ethical environment. Compared with Lily, Snow Flower grows from a noble miss to a humble butcher’s wife and she used to be rebellious but finally surrender herself to the feudal ethic. Snow Flower’s failure to adaption to the ethical environment leads to her tragic ending that die of tumor at a very young age.Then this thesis discusses the special ethical relationship:laotong relationship between Lily and Snow Flower. After giving introduction to laotong and nu shu, this thesis analyzes the development of their laotong relationship, mainly focusing on the ethical dilemma and the ethical choice when they deal with their relationship. Snow Flower’s ethical dilemma is whether she should always be true to Lily. And Lily is confusion whether she should listen to her in-laws to break with Snow Flower. Finally, their ethical choices offend against the ethical taboo of laotong and the breach of their relationship is inevitable.After analyzing the ethical structure, this thesis finally explores the ethical value of the novel. Being confined to the feudal ethic, the growth of women is a history of compromise and surrender, the only thing they can do is to obey. In contrast, the laotong relationship of women in fact is a challenge to male authority and nu shu in some degree embodies women’s awakening of the female consciousness. By applying ethical literary criticism to the analysis of the novel, this thesis explores reflections on family ethics and social ethics, hoping it will be beneficial to the solution to problems in contemporary society.更多还原