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1、AnAbnormalCreatedbyPowerDiscourse Abstract:ProceedingfromtheFoucauldianpowerdiscourse,thethesisattemptstointerprethowpowerdiscourseimposes“truth”ofheterosexualhegemonyonMauriceandhowheisreducedtoanabnormalwithoutself-knowledgethroughpowerdiscourseduringhisfirststageofgrowth. Keywords:
2、Maurice;powerdiscourse;self-knowledge 中图分类号:H319文献标识码:A文章编号:1672-1578(2014)4-0001-01 1Introduction Maurice,aposthumously-publishednovelbyE.M.Forster,mainlydealswithhomosexualitybetweentwomales.PowerdiscourseprevailsindifferentstagesofMaurice’sgrowthandmaturity.AccordingtoFoucault,‘Po
3、weriseverywhere;notbecauseitembraceseverything,butbecauseitcomesfromeverywhere’(Foucault1978,p.93).Inthisnovel,Maurice’sself-understandingisincompatiblewithpowerdiscourse.Hefirstloseshisself-knowledgebyfallingvictimtotheheterosexualhegemonyupheldbypowerdiscourse,andthisthesisaimstoanaly
4、zehowheisreducedtoanabnormalatthisstage.5 2AmbivalentAttitudetowardsTraditionalMaleRole ToFoucault,poweranddiscoursearecloselyrelatedtotheproductionofself-knowledge.Mauriceisexpectedtobeamantomarryawomanthroughpowerdiscourse.ItisMrDuciewhospreadsthediscourseofheterosexualhegemonytoMau
5、rice.Hespeaksof‘theidealman-chasewithasceticism’and‘thegloryofWomen’(Forster2006,p.14).Bystressingthewonderfulunionbetweenmaleandfemale,MrDucieclaimsthat‘toloveanoblewoman,toprotectandserveher―thiswasthecrownoflife’(Forster2006,pp.14-15).AsapersonwhoinitiatesMauriceintomarriage,womanand
6、sex,MrDucieplaysaspecialpartinthistalk.HisstatusasMaurice’steacherandhisdeterminationtotakeuptheroleasMaurice’sdeceasedfathermeanthatintheirtalkherepresentstheschoolandfamily,whichwinshimasuperioradvantageoverMaurice,andinthissenseheenjoysmorepower.Theknowledgeofheterosexualhegemonyisca
7、rriedthroughpowerdiscourse. However,Maurice’sresponsetoMrDucie’stalkrevealshisambivalentattitudetotraditionalmalerole.Ononehand,hetriestocontemplateonmarriage;ontheotherhand,“Liar,coward,he’stoldmenothing”(Forster2006,p.15)isMaurice’sremarkonMrDucie’slesson.Hisambivalenceisama
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