逃离、反抗与回归——凝视理论视角下《简？爱》中女性个体的失败
Escape, Resistance and Return—The Failure of Female Individual in Jane Eyre from the Perspective of Gaze Theory

在《简？爱》中，男性通过充满暴力与欲望的凝视规训女性身体，攫取空间与权力；而女主人公简则被迫屈居于窗台、角落等视野狭窄的空间。为了获得更广阔的视野，简以反凝视抵抗男性的权威。在这个过程中，她的视觉力量逐步强大，并以罗切斯特失去视力这一情节为标志达到顶峰。但是，简内化了凝视主体的价值观，用男性审美标准审视自己的身体，并最终回归到传统的女性身份之中：成为贤惠的妻子、被桎梏于有限的家庭空间里。小说表达了作者对女性个体力量尚且弱小的惋惜。
In Jane Eyre, the male characters discipline the female body through the gaze full of violence and desire, seizing space and power, while the heroine Jane is forced to stay in the space with narrow vision such as windowsills and corners. To obtain wider vision, Jane resists the male authority through counter-gaze. In this process, her visual power grows stronger and reaches its peak marked by Rochester’s loss of eyesight. However, Jane who internalizes the gazers’ values gazes at her body in terms of male aesthetic standards. She finally returns to the traditional female identity of being a virtuous wife confined to the limited domestic space. The novel expresses the author’s regret at the weakness of the female individual power.