莫言的小说里塑造了一系列民间奇女形象,她们具有传奇性的特征和经历。莫言笔下的民间奇女,常常是以视觉化的身体出现在叙事者或故事角色的叙述里的,她们是作为男性的欲望对象存在的。但莫言并不忘挖掘她们身上的精神质素,如本真的情爱冲动、侠气等都是她们最突出的性格特征。对于民间奇女,莫言的处理方式是暧昧的,一方面他深深被奇女吸引,因此奇女有时得以逍遥和逃逸出既有的性别权力格局;另一方面他又表现出一种恐女症,有时又囿于既有的性别权力秩序,在文本中对之实施隐秘惩罚。
In Mo Yan’s novels,a series of populace female images have been created.They have a legendary character and experience.Mo Yan’s populace woman,often appearing as visual body images in the account of the narrator or characters,only exist as objects of men’s desire.But Mo Yan does not forget to dig out their spiritual quality,such as the instinctive love impulse,chivalry,etc.As for the populace women,Mo Yan’s treatment is ambiguous.On the one hand,he is deeply attracted by them,so they sometimes may not be con-strained by the existing gender hierarchy;on the other hand,he shows a fear of women,so he is confined to the existing gender hierarchy and punishes them stealthily.