《灿烂千阳》中两性和谐关系的建构_英语论文

Promising Harmony between Men and Women in A Thousand Splendid Suns

摘要

美籍阿富汗作家卡勒德•胡塞尼凭借《追风筝的人》和《灿烂千阳》两部小说成为当代文坛的新秀，获得了全世界的认可。“911”事件后，阿富汗成为世界的焦点，西方主流社会接受的来自于阿富汗的形象都离不开战争、毒品走私、难民、塔利班和恐怖主义。而通过《灿烂千阳》这部小说，胡塞尼向我们展示了阿富汗丰富的历史文化遗产，也让我们看到了男女两性之间平等交流与和谐统一的曙光。本文采用传统的文本细读的方式分析《灿烂千阳》，小说中两位普通阿富汗女性在重重男权压迫下仍然怀抱希望与梦想，勇敢反抗命运。小说积极肯定了姐妹情谊在女性意识的觉醒和女性获得自身解放的过程中起到的重要作用，并提出实现两性和谐的两种方式，即对传统男性形象的颠覆以及男女之间的真爱。

关键字：《灿烂千阳》 男权压迫 女性觉醒 两性和谐

AbstractAfghan American writer Khaled Hosseini enjoys worldwide recognition as a new star in literature firmament for his two novels the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. After the 9.11, the world focused on Afghanistan, but only on its negative images of war, drug smuggling, refugees, the Taliban and terrorism.  In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini shows us the abundant and century-long cultural heritages of Afghanistan, and also the promising gender relationship with equality and harmony. This paper will analyze the novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, via approaches of text perusal and detailed analysis. The two ordinary Afghan women who struggle against the patriarchal oppression sparkle with precious spirits of their adherence to hopes and dreams, and their brave revolt against destiny. The novel thinks positively of “sisterhood” in its contribution to the awakening of Mariam’s female consciousness and to way to female liberation. This paper also discusses two possible means of achieving gender harmony: one is the subversion of traditional male image; the other is true love between man and women.

Key words:A Thousand Splendid Suns；patriarchal oppression；  female consciousness；gender harmony