Abstract

Since Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre was published, it has been put under the spotlight in the literary world and has attracted a great many scholars and critics to interpret it. But up to now, not many scholars have employed Derridan deconstructive thought to explore Charlotte Bronte’s real concern of gender equality and patriarchal problems in Jane Eyre. In ancient times, the impact of patriarchy is far-reaching, with men standing for “presence”, women representing “absence” which is subordinated to “presence”. This situation causes all kinds of social contradictions and women are unreasonably oppressed by men. By adopting Derridan deconstruction, this thesis has revealed binary oppositions of two genders and irrationality of androcentric society in Jane Eyre and also concluded Charlotte is a natural deconstructionist who has unconsciously deconstructed logo-centrism and overturned binary oppositions through the story of Jane Eyre.

Key Words:  Derrida  deconstruction  Jane Eyre  logo-centrism

摘 要

夏洛蒂•勃朗特的经典作品《简•爱》被称作英国早期女性文学的代表作，在文学界一直备受关注，得到不同角度的解读和诠释，如女性主义、存在主义、精神分析、生态主义等等，而且无论是其主题还是写作策略等都被深层次地挖掘和剖析过。该研究在综述各类不同研究的基础之上结合德里达解构主义哲学思想和文学解读策略对《简•爱》这部作品继续诠释与批评，论证了小说无论是在哲学层面还是书写策略方面都对西方父权制度和二元对立逻辑进行了有力的解构，并通过文本细读挖掘了小说中所蕴含的德里达式的解构的自由游戏，因此，该研究的主要目的就是探讨作品中所折射出的德里达式的解构主义思想。

关键词：德里达 解构主义 《简•爱》 逻各斯中心主义

1 Introduction
Charlotte Bronte is one of the most eminent British writers in literature world. Although Charlotte Bronte only wrote four books, the colossal success of novel Jane Eyre still makes her worldwide renowned. The unprecedented description of female’s voice as the theme of the novel makes Jane Eyre distinguished from other literary works. Jane Eyre has attracted numerous critics and scholars concentrating on the study of it and they have provided us with interpretations of the novel from different perspectives. But up to now, not many critics and scholars have adopted Derridan deconstructive theory to make an interpretation of Jane Eyre. Therefore, this thesis will try to analyze how Charlotte Bronte attempts to deconstruct androcentrism or patriarchy in her novel by employing Derridan deconstruction to explore Charlotte Bronte’s real concern in Jane Eyre, which is, gender equality between man and woman.