新历史主义视角下《私人生活》

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1、的群体。在本文第二章中，将从社会权力和家庭权力两方面来解读小说中的权力运作，同时通过小说中的女性话语和日裔美国人的话语来建构那一段逝去的历史。通过采用新历史主义的视角，本文旨在为《私人生活》的解析提供一个创新性的探索方向并期望可以借此增强读者对历史和文本的互文性的理解。关键词：历史文本性；文本历史性；权力；话语iiANewHistoricalApproachtoPrivateLifeAbstractJaneSmileyisoneofthemostinnovativeandprolificcontemporarywomenwrit

2、ersintheUnitedStates.HerthirteenthnovelPrivateLifechroniclesawoman’slifefromherearlychildhoodinthe1880stotheSecondWorldWarinthe1940sandishailedasherbestnovelsinceherPulitzerPrize-winningbookAThousandAcres.Publishedin2010,therehavebeensofaranumberofreviewsinterpreting

3、thethemeofthenovel.Someclaimthatthebookisaheartbreakingportraitofmarriagebetweenadiffidentwomanandapompousman,whileothersregarditasapersuasivepaeantotheimportanceofdivorce.TherearealsocertaincriticsidentifyingPrivateLifeasataleoflossandaparableofAmericanlife.Besidest

4、heanalysesofthenovel’stheme,somearticlesalsointerpretthenovelfromafeministperspective.However,thereisnothesiswithhighacademicvaluewhichprovidesacomprehensiveanalysisofthebook.ThispapertriestofilltheacademicgapbyadoptingtheNewHistoricalperspectivetoanalyzethisenthrall

5、ingnovel.NewHistoricismemergedintheearly1980sintheUnitedStatesandgainedwidespreadinfluenceinthe1990s.ItopposestheformalismofNewCriticismandconceivesofaliterarytextassituatedwithinnon-literarytextsoftheinstitutions,socialpracticesanddiscoursesthatconstitutethecultureo

6、faparticulartimeandplace.ThetextualityofhistoryandthehistoricityofthetextareoneimportantpairofconceptsofNewHistoricism.NewHistoricismcanbesimplydefinedasaparallelreadingofliterarytextsandnon-literarytexts.Foritsexponentshistoryisactuallyatextorhistoricalnarrativeinst

7、eadofaseriesoffacts,whiletheliterarytexttosomedegreeispartofhistoryratherthanamereproductofthepureimaginationoftheauthor.ThisuniqueunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweenhistoryandthetextisdefinedbytheguruofthisliterarytheoryLouisMontroseasthetextualityofhistoryandtheh

8、istoricityofthetext.PrivateLifeisconsideredbymanyasahistoricalfictionwhichgivesdetaileddescriptionsoftheiiihalf-centuryAmericanhist