CAJ | 학술논문

艾薇菊·丹提卡在《息·望·忆》中成功塑造了两个海地黑人女性形象，母亲马汀及女儿索菲。马汀遭人强暴，远走他乡，但仍然无法逾越父权文化管制下的道德樊篱，最终精神分裂。索菲游离于现实与梦境的边缘，母亲的经历和“验身”行为使她趋于崩溃。马汀和索菲在异己的世界里生存，无法取得社会认同，难以倾诉，强烈的荒诞感使她们窒息。面对荒诞，马汀选择逃避，在绝望中自杀。索菲则立足现实，直面荒诞，在反抗中寻求精神解脱。
애미국·단제잡재《식·망·억》중성공소조료량개해지흑인녀성형상，모친마정급녀인색비。마정조인강폭，원주타향，단잉연무법유월부권문화관제하적도덕번리，최종정신분렬。색비유리우현실여몽경적변연，모친적경력화“험신”행위사저추우붕궤。마정화색비재이기적세계리생존，무법취득사회인동，난이경소，강렬적황탄감사저문질식。면대황탄，마정선택도피，재절망중자살。색비칙립족현실，직면황탄，재반항중심구정신해탈。
Edwidge Danticat created two black female characters successfully in Breath, Eyes, Memory, the mother Martine and her daughter Sophie. Martine was raped, and had to leave hometown. She couldn＇ t break down the moral barriers under the Haiti patriarchal social system. At last, she was distraught. Sophie stayed between the reality and dreams, and her mother＇ s experience and testing almost caused her nervous breakdown. Martine and Sophie were abandoned in an alien world, and couldn＇t pour out, and feh breathless with the intense feeling of the absurdity. Towards the absurdity, Martine committed suicide in despair, but Sophie was realistic, bravely faced the absurdity, and sought mental release during revolt.