安妮·赖斯对边缘人他者身份的解构与重构——安妮·赖斯《吸血鬼编年史》的批判分析-anne rices deconstruction and reconstruction of the other identities of marginal people - a critical analysis of anne rices vampire chronicle.docxVIP

humanbeingswithpalefaces,terrifyingfangsaswellasthebloodthirstynature,whichhasalreadyformedonestereotypedprejudiceandaffectspeople’sjudgmentofAnneRice’svampires.Besides,afterWorldWarII,duetotheeconomiccrisis,theunequaldistributionofincomeandwealth,themushroomofthecivilrightsmovement,womenliberationmovement,anti-warmovement,etc,manyminoritiesfeltlonelyandgrewalienatedfromthemainstreamandformedtheirowncountercultureinthepost-industrialworldwheremachinescontrolledeverything.Therefore,inthisgivenculture,thereisnodoubtthatthebittersufferinginRice’svampires’innerworldhasformedametaphorfortheminoritieswhoareOtherizedinmutedagonytostrengthenthemainstream’sidentity.Furthermore,AnneRicegivesabolddescriptionofthehomosexualvampires,whoareeasilyidentifiedbygaysandlesbians.Intheheterosexuality-dominatedmainstream,theyareabnormal“Other”.Then,thisthesisexplainsAnneRice’sdeconstructionofthevampires’“Other”identityandherwordsfortheOther.Ontheonehand,AnneRicesubvertsthebinaryoppositionbetweengoodandevil.Contrarytothephysicalfeaturesofthevampiresinthetraditionalsense,AnneRice’svampiresnotonlypossesshandsomeappearance,buttheyeventrytoinhibittheirblood-suckingnatureaswell.Likeordinarypeople,theyhavetheirownjoy,anger,sorrowandhappiness.Goodandevilherearerelative,whicharejustconceptsthataremadebytheculturallydominantgroupstostrengthentheirownidentity.Ontheotherhand,AnneRicesuccessfullyoverthrowstheimageofgaysandlesbians.Therelationshipbetweenthevampiresisveryerotic.However,becausevampireshaveundergonephysicaldeath,theydon’thaveanysexintercourseintherealsense.Therefore,loveherehasnothingtodowithsex.Itisameltofemotionratherthanbody.Thesubversionofthetraditionalconceptsprovesthatthedifferencebetweentheoutsidersandinsidersismainlyduetothepointofview.ThedefinitionoftheOtheristhesuperior’spowercontrolovertheinferior,themainstream’sexclusionandoppressionovertheunfamiliar.Finally,thisthesisdemonstratesAnneRice’sreconstructionofthevampires’identity.Whenhumanbeingsareturnedintovampires,thelingeringh