从短篇小说《灵机一动》看毛姆笔下的女性作家

20世纪早期英国女性作家在文坛上的地位已不可小觑,同时也令父权制度下的男性作家深感不安。在短篇小说《灵机一动》中,主人公福雷斯特夫人是专职作家,表面上她具有男性气质、创作多产且赞誉不断,实际上她被作者列为次等文人,她视丈夫为仆人与宠物,却最终被其抛弃。作家毛姆对此类女性形象含蓄、歪曲的刻画和嘲弄讥讽体现出他对女性、特别是当时的女性作家的反感态度,从而再次证明毛姆反女性的性别取向。

Women Writers Depicted in "The Creative Impulse" by Somerset Maugham

It was undeniable that the status of female writers in the literary world in Britain in the early 20th century.Meanwhile men of letters experienced challenge and danger from the rising status of female counterparts.In The Creative Impulse,Mrs.Forrester is a professional writer with masculine visual perception.She is virtually inferior though prolific and complimented,and deserted finally because the husband is her submissive butler and pet.In a patriarchy,women,especially women writers are therefore condemn...