生态女性主义视角下托妮·莫里森《最蓝的眼睛》研究_英语论文

A Study of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye from the Perspective of Ecofeminism

摘要

托妮·莫里森是文学史上第一位获得诺贝尔文学奖的黑人女作家。《最蓝的眼睛》出版于1969年，是托尼·莫里森的处女作，为后续的黑人文学作品奠定了基础。托尼·莫里森通过对一个11岁的黑人小姑娘皮科拉的悲剧生活的描述，批判了在美国20世纪30年代的男权社会中男性对女性和自然的压迫，同时揭示了女性和自然之间的密切联系。

《最蓝的眼睛》作为托尼·莫里森的第一部作品，受到文学界的关注，学者们主要从作品的主题，写作手法的应用，象征意义等角度来研究该作品。本论文主要从生态女性主义视角对小说进行剖析，分析了作品中自然意象与女性心理和女性经历的联系。女性与自然具有相似的地位，一方面她们和大自然一样伟大，孕育生命；另一方面女性和自然都遭受他者的压迫。

本文从生态女性主义视角解析了作品中的女性和自然之间的联系，有助于读者更好的欣赏这部作品。同时也希望本篇论文可以更多引起学生和研究者的兴趣，对这部作品做进一步的研究。

关键词：托妮·莫里森；《最蓝的眼睛》；生态女性主义

Abstract

Toni Morrison is the first black female writer who won The Nobel Prize for Literature. The Bluest Eye, published in 1969, is the first novel of Toni Morrison, which lays foundation on her following works. Toni Morrison criticizes the ponderous oppression to females and nature in American patriarchal society in 1930s through the description of tragic life of a black eleven-year-old girl named Pecola, and reveals that there are tight interrelations between nature and females.

The Bluest Eye, which ia the first novel of Toni Morrison, attracts many scholars. In that case, those scholars analyze the book from different perspectives but they mainly analyze the theme, writing techniques and symbolism in the novel. This thesis analyzes the novel from the perspective of ecofeminism. It analyzes the physical and spiritual interrelations between natural images and female experiences. Females and nature share the similar status because they are so generous that they cultivate and nurture the new life and they are both oppressed by others.

This thesis interprets the interrelations between nature and females in the novel from the perspective of ecofeminism. It is propitious to have  better appreciation of the novel. Simultaneously, it is hoped that this article can arise more students’ and scholars’ interest for further studies on the novel.

Keywords: Toni Morrison; The Bluest Eye; ecofeminism

Contents

I.Introduction    1

II. A Brief Introduction to Ecofeminism      3

2.1 The Development of Ecofeminism     3

  2.2 The Thoughts of Ecofeminists   5

III. Interrelations between Nature and Females in The Bluest Eye 6

3.1 Physical Interrelations between Nature and Females  6

3.2 Spiritual Interrelations between Nature and Females 7

IV. Similar Status of Nature and Females in The Bluest Eye  10    

  4.1 Oppressed Status of Nature   10

  4.2 Oppressed Status of Females   12

V. Conclusion   16

Bibliography   18