_自我_建构的镜像误区_重读凯特_肖班的_觉醒_.pdfVIP

2013 12 224 233030 I106.4 A 1003-6539201312-0076-05 Distortion of Mirror in the Construction of Self in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening Hao Yan Foreign Languages DepartmentBengbu CollegeBengbu 233030China Abstract The Awakeningthe masterpiece of Kate Chopin, tells the story of Edna, the heroine of the novel who is unwilling to become the slave of her family and walks out to pursue love and career From the perspective of Mirror Theory advocated by Lacan, the French structural psychoanalystwe are able to analyze the diffi cult life of Edna who constructs herselfin the patriarchal society: her identifi cation with theMirrorof the patriarchal society leads to the alienation of herselfand not being able to fi nd the right way out in the lives of theOthersshe has to discard her female self-awareness and live like a man. As she is trapped by the distortedMirror, Edna fails to construct a trueself. Key words The AwakeningMirror theory construction of self 1851~1904