英雄杀嫂的主题分析

从人物塑造和情节设置的合理化角度对“英雄杀嫂”这一故事类型进行主题分析 ,元明侠义故事多借助英雄在“酒与色”、“江湖与家庭”、“兄弟与妇人”等多元选项中作出既合乎江湖规则又合乎伦理道德的选择 ,以确立英雄在江湖中的地位。这类侠义文学为达到此目的 ,不惜以丑化女性和婚姻作为牺牲 ,并把杀死妇人当作江湖结义的一种仪式来渲染。此外 ,早期血腥的“杀家”故事演变为元明“杀嫂”故事 ,也有其必要性和可能性

Analyzing the Subject of Hero's Killing Sister-In-Law

Of most narrations about errantry in Yuan and Ming Dynasty, a hero must face the plural choice among Alcohol and Sex, Society and Family, Brother and Woman, etc. In order to establish a hero's status in lower classes, the result should obey the rules of lower classes, ethic and moral . Due to such motive, it is spared to uglify female and marriage. Thus romance killing female as a kind of ceremony to become sworn brothers.