拉康镜像理论下《你当像鸟飞往你的山》中塔拉的自我重构过程
Tara’s Self-Reconstruction Process in Educated: A Memoir from the Perspective of Lacan’s Mirror Stage

文章运用拉康镜像理论，剖析《你当像鸟飞往你的山》中女主角塔拉在父亲吉恩、兄长肖恩等个体小他者和男权社会大他者注视下，自我身份的重构过程。在前镜像时期，塔拉形成了虚假的自我认同，构建了一个排斥学校、严守着装规范、坚决避免正规就医的伪自我。镜像时期时，塔拉虽然通过教育自我意识有部分觉醒，但是她又迷恋于父权社会构建下的理想我，在解放自我和固守传统之间不断挣扎。而在后镜像时期，塔拉通过修正记忆、直面现实，挣脱了原生家庭留下的心灵桎梏与束缚，完成了自我重构。
From the perspective of Lacan’s mirror-image theory, this paper analyzes the self-identity reconstruction process of the heroine Tara in Educated: A Memoir under the gaze of the individual little other such as her father Gene and her brother Sean as well as the patriarchal society, that is, the big other. During the pre-mirror period, Tara developed a false self-identity, constructing a persona that shunned school, strictly adhered to dress codes, and resolutely avoided formal medical treatment. During the mirror period, although Tara had partially awakened her self-consciousness through education, she was obsessed with the ideal self constructed by the patriarchal society, and struggled constantly between self-liberation and adherence to tradition. In the post-mirror period, Tara completed her self-reconstruction by correcting her memory and facing reality, and thus broke free from the spiritual shackles left by the original family.