【摘要】明代中叶以后,市民中新的人生价值观念兴盛,人欲得到肯定,人性受到重视。《警世通言》这部作品塑造了众多鲜活的女性形象,在一些篇章中她们成为核心人物。其中有遵守封建传统观念的“贞节烈妇”,更有许多叛逆封建传统观念的女性。本文同时还将“三言”中的女性形象与其他作品中的女性形象进行对比,探究出这些女性形象形成的原因。《警世通言》对后世女性文学形象的塑造产生了极大的影响,在女性文学发展史上占有重要地位。
【关键词】警世通言 女性形象 社会文化内涵
Abstract: After the middle of Ming dynasty, new life values became thrive among the citizens, human desires were affirmed as well as human nature were valued. "Stories to Warn Men ", a work which shaped various vivid images of women, in some chapters , they even become the chief role. Among them, some have a strong sense of observing the feudalism tradition, but more against it. In this paper, we will compare female images with other works' female images, draw a conclusion that how these female images were formed. "Stories to Warn Men ", which later on made great influence on forming female literature image, also occupied an important position in the history of female literature.
Key words:Stories to Warn Men ;female image ;social cultural intension
《警世通言》作为古代白话短篇小说的一个高峰,构筑了自己独特的艺术世界,被学者们称为中国白话短篇小说之翘楚,其中塑造的女性形象尤为饱满。作者冯梦龙怀着浓厚的兴趣去关注女性的喜怒哀乐以及兴衰成败,不吝笔墨地去描写她们在人生大舞台上的种种外在行为与内心体验。作者洞悉到晚明经济基础的变革对妇女观念的改变,因此提出了比较进步的妇女观,力求打破了以往塑造女性形象的传统模式,从不同角度,全面深刻地反映了晚明时期广大女性的生活和心态。本文以《警世通言》小说中的女性形象为研究对象,从研读文本入手,将小说中涉及到的女性按其遭遇的不同作以系统的分类,全面的探究各个女性形象的不同境况和她们的态度反应,描述这一群女性的人格魅力和美感形态。从这些女性在小说中所承担的角色以及作者对他们的描绘着眼,探讨人物形象所反应的社会文化内涵。