【作者】 李娜；

【导师】 屈荣英；

【作者基本信息】 辽宁师范大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2015， 硕士

【摘要】 《荆棘鸟》是澳大利亚著名女作家考琳·麦卡洛的一部家世小说。小说以澳大利亚西部为写作背景,通过描写克利里家族三代的坎坷生活,展现了澳大利亚的地理风貌和社会文化。作者在小说中创造了丰富和吸引力的角色。女主人公梅吉的人生经历和遭遇深深感动着读者,她身处父权制社会,饱受摧残与压迫,但是她用自己的方式进行着反抗。对梅吉人物的分析引起了研究者和批评家的关注。他们运用各种方法,从不同的角度提出了自己的见解和观点。主体性是个人获得自由的表现。为了研究女性的自由,学者给予女性主体性极大的关注。论文以亨利·列裴伏尔的空间理论为基础分析了梅吉的主体性建构,研究了梅吉如何在物质空间,社会空间,心理空间中获得适应和自由。论文中物质空间主要涉及新西兰和澳大利亚两个地理空间,这两个地理空间是梅吉主体性建构的主要活动场所;社会空间即形成人与人关系的交互空间。小说描写的梅吉的人际关系并不复杂,主要涉及梅吉与家人之间的关系,以及她与拉尔夫和卢克之间的爱情与婚姻关系。梅吉的主体性在这些交互空间中得以建构。不同的交互空间对梅吉的主体性建构有不同的影响。梅吉的主体性建构在空间中受到阻碍,但是梅吉用自己的方式争取女性的自由,最终实现主体性的建构。心理空间是人物心理活动进行的场所。当人物心理受外界环境的影响时,会做出相应的行为反应。因此个人有必要协调心理活动与外部环境之间的关系,并且解决心理活动与肢体行为之间的矛盾。为了实现主体性在心理空间中的建构,梅吉勇敢的与阻碍其建构主体性的外部环境做斗争,并挣扎于心理活动与肢体行为之间的矛盾中,最终克服困难,实现主体性的建构。三种空间制约并影响着梅吉的主体性建构,为了实现在空间中的适应和自由,梅吉克服来自不同空间带来的困难。她通过适应不同的环境,保持积极的态度,充分发挥主观能动性解决心理活动与肢体行为以及与外部环境之间的矛盾,为了最终实现在这些空间中的适应与自由。更多还原

【Abstract】 The Thorn Birds is a family saga written by the famous Australian female writer,Colleen McCullough.The setting of this novel is the western part of Australia.By describing the tumultuous life of three generations of the Cleary family,this novel illustrates the landscape and social culture in Australia.The author creates rich and attractive characters in the novel.The life experiences and encounters of the heroine Meggie touch readers deeply.Living in patriarchal society,she is battered and oppressed,but she resists in her own way.Analyzing Meggie’s life has become a preoccupation for many researchers and critics.These scholars use different methods from different angles to put forward their own opinions and views.Subjectivity is a reflection of the achievement of freedom.In order to study women’s freedom,many scholars have paid great attention to the study of women’s subjectivity.This thesis constructs an analysis of the construction of Meggie’s subjectivity based on Henry Lefebvre’s space theory addressing how physical space,social space and mental space affect adaption and the freedom of women.The physical space,in the thesis,mainly refers to two landscapes,namely New Zealand and Australia.These two landscapes are the main physical spaces where Meggie constructs her subjectivity.Social space,namely the interactive space,is formed by a series of interpersonal relations.In the Novel,Meggie’s interpersonal relations are not complicated.They mainly refer to Meggie’s relationships with different members of her family,her lover and her husband.Different interaction spaces have different influences on Meggie’s construction of her subjectivity.Even if Meggie’s subjectivity is hampered in different interactive spaces,she realizes the need to construct her subjectivity by fighting for subjectivity in her own ways.Mental space is the site of individuals’ mental activities.When the external environment influences individuals’ mentalities,they will respond through physical behavior.Therefore,it is necessary for individuals to coordinate relations between mental activity and external environment,and resolve any conflicts between mental activities and physical behaviors.In order to realize the construction of subjectivity in mental space,Meggie fights against the external environment,which hampers the construction of her subjectivity,and struggles with the conflict between her mental activities and physical behaviors.Finally she overcomes difficulties and constructs her subjectivity in mental space.Three types of spaces constrain and influence the construction of Meggie’s subjectivity.In order to realize the adaption and freedom in space,Meggie overcomes difficulties from different spaces by adapting herself to different spaces,maintaining a positive attitude,giving full play to her subjective initiative,and resolving the conflict between her mental activities and physical behaviors,and the conflict between mental activity and outside environment,in order to finally realize self-adaptation and freedom in these spaces.更多还原