an abnormal created by power discourse

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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