对亨利·詹姆斯与H.G.威尔斯笔下的女性形象比较

摘要

亨利·詹姆斯和H.G.威尔斯身处相近的年代,同样经历了维多利亚时代,深受维多利亚文学的影响.在塑造女性角色时,二者有别于前人的"房屋里的天使"等,创造了更加勇敢、善良、独立的女性角色.然而,有别于女性作家笔下为寻求独立自我,思想解放而努力的女主人公,亨利·詹姆斯和H.G.威尔斯所赞颂的美丽勇敢的女性,仍然不能摆脱低人一等的身份和美梦毁灭的悲惨命运.同时,亨利·詹姆斯和H.G.威尔斯截然不同的家庭、社会背景与人生经历,使得二者看待女性的角度存在偏差,这也造成了二者笔下的女性角色在小说中所起的作用和重要性完全不同.%Henry James and H.G.Wells lived in the same era, around the Victorian era, and are both greatly affected by Victorian Literature. Unlike "Angels in house" created by former mainstream writers, Henry James and H.G.Wells created women with braver, more virtuous and more independent characteristics. However, compared to women writers' heroines whose endeavor for self-independence and ideological emancipation is greatly eulogized, Henry James's and H.G.Wells's women characters are still inferior to men and suffer from miserable destiny and failure. At the meantime, the distinct family background and social experience between Henry James and H.G.Wells result in that they depict women characters from different perspectives and set different focus and emphasis on women characters in their novels.