撕成碎片

IF 0.1 0 LITERATURE, GERMAN, DUTCH, SCANDINAVIAN Monatshefte Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI:10.3368/m.115.1.65
Aurora B. Romero
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之前对E.T.A.霍夫曼的中篇小说《沙人》(1817)的分析通常集中在对男主角纳撒内尔的诊断上。他的行为也被解释为自恋情结的证据,某些符号系统的失败,或者在西格蒙德·弗洛伊德的传统中,被解释为对阉割的恐惧。每当人们的注意力集中在配角身上时,通常都会强调他们在纳撒尼尔垮台中的作用。本文的目的是根据当代心理学研究支持的至今仍在流行的特定性别规范,分析克拉拉对纳撒尼尔的行为。霍夫曼文本的如画性质允许根据视觉导向的研究来分析克拉拉的性格,这些研究表明,女性更经常被视为物体而不是人,这种评估损害了女性作为理性存在的地位。这些研究表明,女性被期望进行利他行为,即情感劳动,作为特定性别角色行为的一部分,或面临负面判断。我的文章展示了霍夫曼的故事是如何通过文本肢解的表现来“物化”其人物的,这表明女性气质作为一种奇观的处理与当今女性主体性的不断减少有关。(ABR)
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Pulled to Pieces
Previous analyses of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s novella “The Sandman” (1817) have typically focused on the diagnosis of the male protagonist, Nathanael. His behavior has been alternatively interpreted as evidence of a narcissistic complex, a failure of certain semiotic systems, or in the tradition of Sigmund Freud, as a fear of castration. Whenever attention is focused on the supporting characters, it commonly emphasizes their role in Nathanael’s downfall. The intent of this article is to instead analyze Clara’s behavior toward Nathanael according to gender-specific norms that remain in currency to the present day as supported by contemporary psychological studies. The picturesque nature of Hoffmann’s text allows for the analysis of Clara’s character according to the visually oriented studies that suggest women are more frequently perceived as objects rather than as persons and that this assessment compromises women’s status as rational beings. These studies demonstrate that women are expected to perform altruistic behaviors, i.e. emotional labor, as part of gender-specific in-role behavior or face negative judgement. My article shows how Hoffmann’s story “objectifies” its characters through a performance of textual dismemberment that indicates how the treatment of femininity as a spectacle is related to the ongoing reduction of female subjectivity today. (ABR)
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