Abstract
The paper attempts to reveal the narrative characteristics of The Da Vinci Code from the perspective of feminist narratology. Based on interpretation of embedded narrative, the author discovers that structure of the story is covertly inscribed with male domination over female character. In analysis of sequential communal voice, it is proved that Langdon collaborates with Teabing to indoctrinate Sophie with patriarchal ideology, which further demonstrates the novel is fraught with textually marked male hegemony and female marginalization.
Highlights
Dan Brown’s multi-layered fiction starts from deconstructing the traditional interpretation of Leonardo’s artistic works, develops by self-reconstructing the symbolic system of the artistic and religious world, and terminates with an indefinite, thought-provoking ending
In analysis of sequential communal voice, it is proved that Langdon collaborates with Teabing to indoctrinate Sophie with patriarchal ideology, which further demonstrates the novel is fraught with textually marked male hegemony and female marginalization
The Da Vinci Code is a story of the Holy Grail quest, or according to Dan Brown, a story to rediscover the “sacred feminine” to revive the “Goddess Worship” and to subvert the traditional Christian culture
Summary
Dan Brown’s multi-layered fiction starts from deconstructing the traditional interpretation of Leonardo’s artistic works, develops by self-reconstructing the symbolic system of the artistic and religious world, and terminates with an indefinite, thought-provoking ending. In the critical circle of The Da Vinci Code, most of scholars tend to label The Da Vinci Code a feminist text in post-modernistic literary context, regardless of various perspectives and theories adopted by them. This thesis attempts to interpret the narrative structure and voice of the novel from feminist perspective on three levels: “story”, “narrative discourse” and “narrating”. The feminist interpretation of the novel is not to reduce its literary value to political value but to be of great help to further studies on this novel
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