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| Title: | 王爾德《溫夫人的扇子》中的淑女及表演性
Ladyship and Performativity in Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan |
| Authors: | 洪羽萱
Hung, Yu-Hsuan |
| Contributors: | 姜翠芬
Jiang, Tsui-Fen
洪羽萱
Hung, Yu-Hsuan |
| Keywords: | 王爾德
《溫夫人的扇子》
性別表演
淑女
朱迪斯·巴特勒
能動性
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere’s Fan
ladyship
Judith Butler
performativity
agency |
| Date: | 2025 |
| Issue Date: | 2025-08-04 15:38:16 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | 王爾德在《溫夫人的扇子》中以諷刺的手法帶出許多英國維多莉亞時期道 德、上流社會價值觀以及理想女性樣貌的討論。維多利亞時期，上流社會女子 的禮節、風度、儀態等等都被嚴謹地要求，而這些框架往往將「淑女」的社會 角色定型為一個不自由的概念。此劇著重聚焦上流社會女性們面臨這些社會規 範時所抱持的迥異態度，以及她們如何發展出各自的對策來在一個相對不利於 女性社會常識發展自我。《溫夫人的扇子》高度呼應朱迪斯·巴特勒在性別表演 理論中所提，人的表現是深受社會及文化所影響。因為溫夫人及埃琳太太發 現，上流社會人人注重應對進退、在意他人對待自己的觀感，所以他們所在的 倫敦社交圈就如同一個「社交舞台」而每個人都在自己的「社會角色」下不斷 表演。
而本研究受到傳統與創新挑戰傳統的女性對比啟發。第一章彙整十九世紀英國社會對女性的道德舉止要求及現代學者對《溫夫人的扇子》的研究看法。進而在在第二章研究「性別表演」如何使溫夫人及埃琳太太在道德風氣高度嚴謹並限制女性自我意識和行為的社會中獲得能動性來確保自身利益及獲得地位的提升。最後期望在第三章探討出兩人如何利用性別角色扮演來跳脫社會及家庭限制，追求除了頭銜之外，成為最符合兩人心中的真正意義上的淑女。
In Lady Windermere’s Fan, Oscar Wilde satirizes the hypocrisy of moral values, societal norms, and the rigid ideals toward women during Victorian England. Upper-class women in this period are often framed with the restrictive ideal of a lady, as they are strictly required to adhere to etiquette and demeanor. However, the play focuses on the varied attitudes of upper-class women towards these social norms and how they develop their own strategies to navigate a society that is relatively unfavorable to the development of women’s social consciousness. Lady Windermere and Mrs. Erlynne discover that everyone in the upper-class London social circle is concerned with manners and how others perceive them, making their social circle akin to a stage where everyone continuously performs their roles. This idea strongly resonates with Judith Butler’s theory of gender performance, which suggests that human behaviors are deeply influenced by society and culture.
This study is inspired by Butler’s theory and the contrast between traditional and innovative women challenging tradition presented in Lady Windermere’s Fan. The first chapter summarizes the moral conduct requirements for women in Victorian British society and modern scholars’ views on Lady Windermere’s Fan. The second chapter explores how gender performance enables Lady Windermere and Mrs. Erlynne to gain agency in a society with stringent moral standards that restrict women’s self-awareness and behavior, ensuring their own interests and elevating their status. Finally, the third chapter aims to discuss how the two women use gender role- playing to break free from social and familial constraints, pursuing substantive ladyship beyond just titles. |
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國立政治大學
英國語文學系
111551012 |
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| Data Type: | thesis |
| Appears in Collections: | [英國語文學系] 學位論文
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