Journal of Chongqing Jiaotong University Social Sciences Edition ›› 2023, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (2): 89-96.

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On Trauma Writing and Gender Ethics in Purple Hibiscus

HUANG Xia   

  1. School of Chinese Language and Literature, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2022-08-08 Revised:2022-09-23 Online:2023-04-12 Published:2023-04-12

《紫木槿》的创伤书写与性别伦理

黄夏   

  1. 华中师范大学 文学院,武汉 430079
  • 作者简介:黄夏,女,华中师范大学文学院比较文学与世界文学专业2021级博士研究生。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社会科学基金重大项目“非洲英语文学史”(19ZDA296);国家社会科学基金后期资助项目“非洲文学史”(17FWW001)

Abstract: In Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shows the clear gender position by trauma writing.With the development line of oppressionawakening and resistance, the novel records the female growth process of the Igbo girl named Kambili from experiencing the domestic trauma and rebuilding her selfidentity. Through examining the living situation of different subjects in traumatic events, Adichie expresses the ethical reflection about the gender ethical order and the power system of Nigerian society: on the one hand, Beatrices resistance actions highlight the social risks for independence, which refers to the fact that females are in a subordinate condition; on the other hand, Eugene who kidnapped by the myth of patriarchy, encounters the anxiety of selfidentity in the process of identity transformation.

Key words: Purple Hibiscus; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; trauma; power;gender ethics

摘要: 奇玛曼达·阿迪契小说《紫木槿》的创伤书写展现出鲜明的性别立场。基于压迫—觉醒—反抗的叙事线索,小说记录了伊博族少女康比丽从经历家庭创伤到重建自我认同的女性成长过程。通过考察创伤事件中不同主体的生存境遇,阿迪契表达了自我对尼日利亚社会的性别伦理秩序及其权力运作机制的伦理思考:一方面,以比阿特丽斯为代表的女性群体处于被支配的地位,其反抗行动凸显女性独立需要承受的社会风险;另一方面,以尤金代表的专制家长则被父权中心的神话绑架,在不同身份转换的过程中产生自我认同的焦虑。

关键词: 《紫木槿》;奇玛曼达·恩戈兹·阿迪契;创伤;权力;性别伦理