The Fragmentation of the Female Selfhood in The Flight From the Enchanter-论文.pdf

JournalofLiteratureandArtStudies，ISSN 2159-5836 M ay2014，Vo1．4，No．5，325-337 毒 Ll薯 HINg TheFragmentationoftheFemaleSelfhoodin TheFlightFrom theEnchanter XU M ing-ying，SUIXiao—di，AN Xue-hua DalianUniversityofTechnology，Dalian，China IrisMurdochisarenownedfemalenovelistandphilosopherinthe20thcenturyEnglishliterature．Inherliterary creation，shehasapreferenceformalena~mionandholdsareservedattitudetowomen’Smovementswith reluctancetobeconsideredasafeministwriter，whichpermitsherrealisticdepictionoffemalecharactersand dispassionatethoughtonwomen’Sproblems．Thispaper，withtheinterpretationna dredefinitionoftheconceptsas consciousness，identiyt，andselfinMurdoch’Sphilosophy，naalyzesthefragmentedselfofthreefemalefiguresin TheFlightfromtheEnchanter(1956)respectivelyfromtheperspectivesofself-consciousness，identiyt，andself na drevealsthatthefragmentationoffemaleselfhoodismainlyduetotheoverwhelmingmaledominna ceinthe genderrelationship． Keywords：IrisMurdoch，identiyt，femaleselfhood，fragmentation IntrOductiOn Historically，boththepatriarchalcultureanddiscoursewereoftheopinionthatfemalebiologyhaditsown defectsandlimitations．T‘‘hefemaleisafemalebyvirtueofacertainlackofqualities”，saidAristotle，“weshould regardthefemalenatureasafflictedwithanaturaldefectiveness”(Beauvoir，1953，P．xviii)．ForSt．Thomas， womanwasrenouncedasan“imperfectman”，an“incidentalbeing”(Beauvoir，1953，P．xviii)．Besides，a‘‘man isintherightinbeingaman；itiswomanwhoisinthewrong”(Beauvoir，1953，P．xviii)．Womenwere marginalizedanddisparagedwiththesedefects．Consequently，bothintheVictorianageandintheearly20th century，thepopularimageoftheidealwife／womancametobe