Abstract Angela Carter, known for the richness of her imagination and wit as well as her feminist insights into matters large and small, created in Wise Children an effervescent family saga that manages to celebrate the lore and magic of show business while also exploring the connections between parent and child, the transitory and the immortal, authenticity and falsehood. Critics analyzed the text from different aspects, yet the mingling of magical realism and feminism in the text is ignored. Thus the paper examines the text from five aspects. Firstly, related researches are briefly reviewed. Secondly, the reasons of Carter’s blending magical realism and feminism in the text are analyzed, covering gender relations, female narrative technique and time, and the parody of Shakespeare. The third part attempts to explore the application of the magic and female writing technique from the perspective of the magical reality versus the man-made world, the adoption of mythological archetype, and the magical hall of mirrors. The fourth part handles the themes of the novel through the reality behind the magic, discusses the deconstruction of the male-dominated world. It includes the carnival life of the novel, the characters of duality and pair, and legitimacy versus illegitimacy. The conclusion reiterates the purpose of this article, pointing out the practical significance of the study.53297
Keywords: Angela Carter; Wise Children; magical realism; feminism;mingling
摘要安吉拉·卡特因其丰富的想象力和睿智,一贯的女性主义的洞察力著称。在《明智的孩子》中,卡特创建了一个缤纷璀璨的家庭传奇,成功庆祝演艺界的传说和神奇的同时,探讨了父母和孩子、短暂和永恒、真实和谎言之间的关系。批评家从不同方面分析了文本,但小说中杂糅的魔幻现实主义和女权主义至今却被忽略。
因此,本文将分从五个部分解析小说中的魔幻现实主义和女性主义杂糅。首先论文就卡特及《明智的孩子》作了简要介绍,并对相关研究成果作了简要综述。第二部分主要对卡特在小说中杂糅魔幻现实主义和女性主义的原因进行了分析,其中包括她对两性关系的关注,对女性叙事技巧和时空的聚焦,以及想要通过对莎士比亚的的戏仿达到两性平等的愿景。第三部分从魔幻与现实视角下对人类世界的透视、神话原型的采用以及通过“镜子”对魔幻世界的映射来探讨魔幻主义、女性写作手法在小说中的具体应用。
第四部分从魔幻主义和女性主义的结合对小说主题传达所起的作用入手,研究小说魔幻背后隐藏的真实世界,详细阐明了男性为中心的世界的解构和女性自我身份的重组。其中还包括小说中的狂欢化的生活,对人物的二元性与成对效应、合法性与私生的分类。最后结论部分总结和概括魔幻现实主义与女性主义的糅杂在文本中的意义,重申本文的研究价值。
毕业论文关键词:安吉拉‧卡特;《明智的孩子》;魔幻现实主义;女性主义;杂糅
Contents
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Carter and Wise Children 1
1.2 Literature Review 1
2. Reasons of Carter’s Mingling of Magic Realism and Feminism in Wise Children.3
2.1 Carter’s Concern with the Relationship between Men and Women 4
2.2 Parody of Shakespeare 5
2.3 Female Narrative Technique and Time 6
3. The Magic Female Space 7
3.1 The Magical Hall of Mirrors 7
3.2 Adoption of Mythological Techniques