《半身》中不规训的女囚_英语论文

Undisciplined Female Prisoner In Affinity

摘要

萨拉·沃特斯是当代英国著名作家，《半身》是她的代表作之一,讲述了梅尔监狱的慈善访客玛格丽特· 拜尔与灵媒萨琳娜· 多丝之间掺杂着阴谋的爱情故事。小说涉及女性同性恋主题，女主人公挣扎于被父权笼罩的社会与家庭，体现出典型的女性主义气质。本文从女性主义和规训的理论视角出发，聚焦《半身》中逃逸的情节，考察维多利亚时期监狱外和监狱内女性均受监视并且想要逃脱的现象，发现女囚萨琳娜虽行动受限但精神自由，而玛格丽特虽行动相对自由但精神受到束缚。本文从权力运作，规训与惩罚的视角审视这一问题，认为：主观拒绝规训的人可以逃逸，而被规训的人永远困在其中。

关键词：逃逸；女性主义；规训；全景敞视

Abstract

Sarah Waters is a contemporary British writer. Affinity is one of her representative works. It tells a love story commingled with conspiracy between Margaret Prior who is a Lady Visitor to Jail Millbank and Selina Dawes who is a spirit-medium. This novel deals with the theme of lesbianism. The heroine with typical femininity struggles to survive in the family and society which are dominated by males. This paper attempts to probe into the plot of escape from the standpoint of feminism and discipline. This paper analyzes the phenomenon that the female inside the jail and outside the jail both live under observation at the Victorian Age. Both of them want to escape from the observation. However, Margaret is relatively physically free but mentally bound while Selina is physically bound but mentally free. This paper analyzes their differences from the perspective of the operation of power, discipline and punish, and finally draws a conclusion that those who are disciplined will never escape from the observation while those who refuse to be disciplined can escape from the observation. 

Key words: escape; feminism; discipline; panopticon

Contents

Acknowledgments 

Abstract (Chinese) ii 

Abstract (English) iii 

Introduction .1 

Chapter One Women of Confinement at the Victorian Age 5   

1.1 Physical Confinement .5 

1.2 Mental Confinement 6  

Chapter Two Female Prisoners under Observation at the Victorian Age.8

2.1 The Building and Function of Jail Millbank8

2.2 The Life of the Female Prisoners in Jail Millbank.9

Chapter three Analysis of the Escape from the Observation11

3.1 The Omnipresence of Observation.11 

3.2 Qualities Enabling Escape from the Observation12

Conclusion .14

Works Cited16