朱虹在《中国当代小说中的病妇形象》中考察了新时期初期女性的“生病”现象。她认为这一时期女性文本中出现的大量病妇形象,是“由于男性对女性肉体的占有在文学规范中有很深的印记,妇女只有在她们重新拥有她们的身体之后才有可能真正无拘无束地写自己。将妇女置于医院这种富于想象力的做法,打开了更深入地体验妇女生活的新天地,指出了表现妇女的新途径”1。朱虹的眼光无疑是敏锐的。新时期女性文本“病妇”形象的发现给我们提供了巨大的女性身体 Zhu Hong investigated the “sickness” phenomenon of women in the early period of the new era in “Images of Sick Women in Contemporary Chinese Fiction.” In her opinion, the large number of images of women in the female texts of this period is “because men’s possession of the female body is deeply imprinted on literary norms and women are truly free from restraint only when they regain their body The imaginative practice of placing women in hospitals opens up new worlds for more in-depth experiences of women’s lives and points to new ways of presenting women. ” Zhu Hong’s vision is undoubtedly sharp. The discovery of the female text “The Sick Woman” in the new period provides us with a huge female body