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Towards Harmonious Coexistence Analyzing Doris Lessing Writing's Multi-Motifs Phenomenen From Ecofeminism Perspective

Posted on:2010-07-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360278977472Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Doris Lessing(1919- ) is a knowledgeable writer who owns original ideas and her works have different kinds of styles. She is extolled as the"Grandmother and Evergreen Tree in British Literary World". She was also called the"Double Starin British Literary World"with Woolf. In 2007, Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was described by the Swedish Academy as"that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny".In her 60 years creating career, Doris Lessing has written nearly 30 novels, about 80 short stories, two scripts and a peotry anthology. In addition, she has also written several essays and memoirs. Her creating selections were extremely broad, which involved a number of themes and fields. To reveal the ecofeminism thought in Lessing's works, this thesis chooses three basic themes of Lessing's different creating periods, which is the race, the gender and the nature. And then interpretes Lessing creating's multi-motifs phenomenen from Ecofeminism perspective. Ecofeminism is a feminism critical theory which moves toward the frontal criticism in the late 20th century. It attempts explore the special relationship between belittle the alien race, the female and the nature to find out the root cause, that is patriarchy culture. It advocates establishing a new harmonious relationship between cultures, genders and man- and-nature.This thesis mainly enclosed Doris Lessing's four masterpieces,"The Grass is Singing","The Golden Notebook","The Marriages between Zones Three,Four and Five"and"Mara and Dann". By analyzing these works, it concludes that behind Lessing's unceasing shifts and surmounts themes, there is an ecological ideal, which is, Lessing anticipates to bulid a coexistence between cultures, harmony between male and female, the"unites"between the humanity and the nature.
Keywords/Search Tags:Doris Lessing, multi-motifs, ecofeminism, harmonious coexistence
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