摘要
本文梳理了《北与南》小说中追求的正义的两条线索,分别是工人们为了提高工资而组织的罢工和海上的船员由于不堪船长的凌辱及为了自身的尊严而发起的兵变。盖斯凯尔将罢工写进故事的主流叙事中,强调了工厂主所坚持的"市场正义"必须与工人要求的"责任正义"互相融合。兵变是用暴力行为获得正义的方式,因此盖斯凯尔将其写进故事的边缘叙事,成为呼应罢工的暗流。然而这两条线索互为对照和阐释,特别是玛格丽特冒险将哥哥送走又在警察面前作了伪证的行为,可以说是继续了哥哥无法完成的暴力抗争。
This article examines the two plot lines in Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South that deal with the idea of justice.In order to get higher wages,the workers organize a strike;the sailors stage a mutiny against the tyranny of the captain.The strike constitutes the major line of narrative while the mutiny,because it is violent and bloody in the public imagination,only occupies a marginalized narrative space.The two lines echo and interpret each other.Margaret's decision to help his brother Frederick to flee from England and to tell lies to the police can be interpreted as a continuation of her brother's violent fight for justice.
出处
《复旦外国语言文学论丛》
2019年第1期88-96,共9页
Fudan Forum on Foreign Languages and Literature
