An Interpretation Of Doris Lessing's Female Images

Doris Lessing (1919-) is one of the most famous contemporary female writers in English literature. She has been scanning the dissonant civilization with her dubious, passionate, and observant attitude. Lessing employs her unique writing style to present not only lots of impressive female characters, but also considerable brilliant male characters from the perspective of women writers. In her works, most of the female characters have strong female consciousness, maternity, and with the development of "Sexual Liberation" her female characters'social meaning and impact are similarly improved.Most of Lessing's works are full of her deep concerning about the psychological crisis and living straits of the western women, through her construction of those impressive female images, Lessing's profound understanding about the female consciousness and the relationship of two sexes is sufficiently revealed.This dissertation mainly presents the female image created by Lessing in her four novels in different creating periods. And it begins with the concept of female consciousness;then combined with Lessing's four novels;a panorama of female image is analyzed. According to the realistic novel writing techniques, three types of female image are summarized as follows:female image with the awakening self-awareness;female image with maternal awareness and the image of elderly women. Through the analysis of the uniqueness of female image, those female images are closely related with Lessing's special experiences, her own specific historical background, and historical and cultural environment. A conclusion is finally arrived at through the construction of the female image; Lessing expresses her deep feelings towards the whole social groups, and the future of the world as well as the fate of all mankind, and meanwhile provides specific strategies and orientation to construct a harmonious relationship of two sexes.