《到灯塔去》中拉姆齐夫人的人性解析
弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫是英国现代的小说家、散文家,她被公认为二十世纪最早的现代派作家之一,是意识流小说理论及创作的集大成者,以及女性主义的倡导者。
小说《到灯塔去》是弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作之一,是一部作者倾注心血的准自传体意识流小说。它描写了拉姆齐先生一家和他的一群知识分子朋友在海滨别墅相距10 年的两次聚会及其去灯塔远游。 伯·布莱克斯东在 《弗吉尼亚·吴尔夫:一篇评论》中说:“阅读了《灯塔》之后再来阅读任何一本普通的小说,会使你觉得自己是离开了白天的光芒而投身到木偶和纸板做成的世界中去。”可见《到灯塔去》难以超越的艺术高度。
《到灯塔去》 的女主人公拉姆齐夫人是一位把自己的毕生精力都奉献给家庭,并以博大的爱无私地关怀着别人的女性。很大程度上,拉姆齐夫人是弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫对其母亲茱莉亚的真实写照,是一位典型的维多利亚时代女性;但同时小说的虚构成分决定了拉姆齐夫人这一形象是个更复杂,更矛盾的个体。本文就是以拉姆齐夫人为主要研究对象,从人性的角度,深入探讨和挖掘这一人物的内心世界和现实意义。
关键词:《到灯塔去》 ;拉姆齐夫人;人性
The Light of Spirit ——An Analysis of Mrs. Ramsay’s Humanity in To the Lighthouse
Abstract: Virginia Woolf is an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. She is a forerunner and master of the new writing techniques such as interior monologues and stream of consciousness prose. And she is famous as a supporter of Feminism. To the Lighthouse is one of Virginia Woolf's well-known fictions which is conceived in part as an elegy on her dead parents, and is in some respects autobiographical. It mainly tells the Ramsays and their guests spending their summer holiday at the shore. And the plot is quite simple: a trip to the lighthouse is put off because of bad weather, while is finally carried out by Mr.Ramsay and two of his children ten years later, during which, however, things are much changed and Mrs.Ramsay has died in the war-time.
Mrs. Ramsay , the main character of the story, a typical late-Victorian woman of the upper-middle class, is mainly based on Woolf’s mother, Julia Stephen. In To the Lighthouse, she is an attractive character and is at the same time a complex one. Mrs. Ramsay is a great woman; she perfectly plays all the roles that the society demands a woman to play. She is a supportive wife; she is a protective mother; she is a popular hostess; and she is a sociable lady. She is beautiful and she is perfectly kind-hearted. However, she also has her own limitations and frailties. From the perspective of humanity, this paper aim to do a profound research of Mrs.
Ramsay’s characteristics and the practical significances. What deserves to be mentioned here is that the author gives a specific understanding and statement of the definition of humanity. And the whole study is made according to the specific definition and the specific method. In this process, both Mrs. Ramsay’s positive and negative sides are discussed.
Keywords: To the Lighthouse; Mrs. Ramsay; Humanity