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萨拉·沃特斯是英国当代文坛的一颗新星。论文对她第二部作品《亲密关系》中两位女主人公的心理诉求进行探讨。从维多利亚时代社会上层淑女和下层女性灵媒的遭遇进行分析,揭示出女性尤其是女性同性恋在行为和心理上的双重困境,作为边缘人物的无奈与悲剧性,指出沃特斯对历史上女同命运的同情与关怀,她们寻找出路的过程中既是对自我的释放,也是对男权社会权威的挑战。
Sara Waters is a rising star in contemporary British literature. The essay discusses the psychological demands of the two heroines in her second book, Intimacy. From the upper class ladies in Victorian society and the inferior psychoanalysis of women, this paper reveals the behavioral and psychological dilemmas of women, especially of lesbians, as helplessness and tragedy of the marginalized people, pointing out that Waters’ Fate of compassion and care, they find a way out in the process of the release of both self, but also the challenge to the power of patriarchal society.