精神分析女性主义视角下的身份认同——对《走向自由》中有关“水”的意象的女性属性解读

摘要

《走向自由》是早期美国华裔女作家张粲芳的一部短篇小说,故事直接指涉女性少数族裔的身份认同问题。本文从精神分析女性主义的角度对女主人公回忆中不断出现的有关＂水＂的意象进行解读,我们看到作者实际上是通过一种象征性的隐喻式表达指出：身份的认同是个体或群体的一种心理过程,具有女性属性,从而为女性少数族裔的身份认同书写了一种前俄狄浦斯时期的母女关系,同时也为这一过程所遭遇的困惑和焦虑提供了一种＂自我言说的场域＂。%Falling Free is a short story by Diana Chan,who is one of the earlier Chinese American female writers.This story is concerned about the identification of the female ethnic minority in America.In the story,the images related to ＂water＂ have made their appearance constantly and attracted readers＇ attention.By interpreting these images from a psychoanalytic feminist perspective,we can perceive the metaphors embodied in the story：as an individual or collective psychic process,identification is of female nature.Therefore,the identification of the female ethnic minority can be analogized as a kind of mother-daughter relationship in the early Oedipal period.In this way,the author aims to set up a new discourse pattern to react to the confusion and anxiety which the female subjects suffered in this process.