臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

歐伯蓮所著<<農家女三部曲>>旨在呈現飽受宗教清規束縛及性壓抑的愛爾
蘭女性o 然而, 由於作者大膽處理性, 愛之課題, 此書遂被愛爾蘭當局所
禁o 而眾多批評家更將此書歸類為膚淺的言情小說, 不值得深入探討o本
論文之目的即在於推翻此一看法, 企圖重新解讀<<農家女三部曲>>o 第一
章指出教會主導並支配愛爾蘭人民的生活o 尤其對於愛蘭女性來說, 宗教
不但不能撫慰心靈, 反而成為另一種迫害方式o第二章針對兩性之間的不
平等, 論述愛爾蘭女性的無力感及宿命感, 並指出這種消極的生活能度乃
源自殘留於愛爾蘭人民心中的被殖民情結o 第三章剖析歐伯蓮如何在書中
重塑愛爾蘭女性的新形象o 她揭櫫女性應逃離父權制度, 粉粹傳統中所謂
[理想女性]之迷思, 以求獨立自主之人格o歐伯蓮於<<農家女三部曲>>
中, 藉著兩平凡女子的轉變及成長過程, 呈現不同的女性觀點o 她深信愛
爾蘭女性惟有拋開傳統束縛, 才能實現自我, 重拾尊嚴, 獲得新生o

Edna O'Brien's <<The Country Girls Trilogy>> aims to express
the fear and desire within every Irish female under sexual
repression and religious pressure. However, due to O'Brien's
frank treatment of sex and perasive theme of love, Trilogy is
categorized as a pornographic penny-romance and is banned from
circulation in Ireland. This thesis attempts to read Trilogy
from a different perspective. Chapter One indicates that
Ireland is governed not by people's free will but by the
authority of the Church. Religious pressure dominates every
aspect of Irish life. For Irish women, the Church provides no
comfort but only fear. Chapter Two discusses Irish women's
identification with the colonized Ireland which results in
their powerlessness to fight against the unequal relationship
between the two sexes. Chapter Three analyzes O'Brien's
reformation of Irish female. O'Brien urges Irish women to
escape from the patriarchal ideology in order to fracture the
myth of ideal Irish womanhood and to find autonomy. The
<<Country Girls Trilogy>> is indeed an Irish Bildungsroman.
Through the transformation and maturation of two ordinary Irish
women, O'Brien presents her feminist voice. She believes that
in order to accomplish a dignified self which had been
abandoned for centuries, Irish women have no choice but to
embark on the quest of rebirth.