伊迪斯·华顿、新女性和世纪之交的友谊话语

introduction

Chapter One Becoming a New Woman in The Fruit of the Tree

Edith Wharton：A New Woman？

Who Were the New Women？

From “True Woman” to “New Woman” in The Fruit of the Tree

Chapter Two Narrating Classical Friendship in The House of Mirth

The Questions of the Republic of Spirit

The Classical Discourse of Friendship and Its Revision

The Discourse of Exchange and Friendship

American Woman’s Friendship in Disillusion

Chapter Three Engaging in the Discourse of Friendship in Hudson River Bracketed and The Gods Arrive

The Interpretative Circle of Friendship

Between the Intellectual Woman and the Artistic Man

“A New Woman in a New World”

Conclusion

Works Cited

《外教社博学文库：伊迪斯·华顿、新女性和世纪之交的友谊话语》将友谊视作—种动态的话语建构和解构的过程，通过研究伊迪斯·华顿小说中杂糅的友谊话语，考察她对新女性议题所作的反思和文本再现。自古希腊以降，基于“相似性”的古典式友谊话语寓示了女性受压迫的历史身份，但同时它亦为世纪之交的新女性所挪用和再诠释，使之成为对抗主流男权话语、谋取性别平等的理想武器。作者认为，华顿笔下的女性人物都称不上严格意义上的“新女性”，因为华顿所建构的友谊话语中存在着相似性和差异性之间的二元对立。这种矛盾不仅困扰了各个时期的女性和华顿本人，而且在一定程度上也是导致新女性平等理想幻灭的根源。