《灿烂千阳》的生态女性主义解读_英语论文

An eco-feminist analysis of A Thousand Splendid Suns 

摘要

卡勒德·胡赛尼出生于阿富汗，是一位美国医师与畅销书作家。他的第二本小说《灿烂千阳》问世后大获成功。本文以生态女性主义为理论基础，旨在解读《灿烂千阳》中卡勒德·胡赛尼的生态女性意识。本论文由导论、正文和结论三部分组成。导论部分简要介绍了作者卡勒德·胡赛尼以及小说《灿烂千阳》，对小说基本内容做以综述，并且阐述了生态女性主义的主要内容。正文部分从三个方面对作者的生态女性意识进行具体分析：父权制压迫下女性与自然的悲惨命运、女性与自然的报复和反抗以及女性与自然的内在联系。最后一部分是对论文的总结，卡勒德·胡赛尼批判了父权制的价值观并强调建立一个和谐社会的重要性，表达了他对于男性、女性与自然三者和谐关系的美好愿望。

关键词：卡勒德·胡赛尼；《灿烂千阳》；生态女性主义；父权制

Abstract

Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. A Thousand Splendid Suns is his second book which brings him considerable fame. Based on the eco-feminist theory, this thesis intends to analyze and study Khaled Hosseini’s ecological and feminist consciousness embedded in his novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. The thesis consists of three parts: introduction, body and conclusion. In the introduction, it briefly introduces the author Khaled Hosseini and his novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, and expounds the main content of the ecological feminist theory. The body part mainly concentrates on the analysis of the author’s eco-feminist consciousness from three aspects: the tragedy of female and nature under the oppression of patriarchy, the revenge from female and nature and the interconnection between female and nature. To conclude, Khaled Hosseini criticizes the values of patriarchy and emphasizes the significance of a harmonious society, which reflects his wish for the harmonious relationships among male, female and nature.

Key words: Khaled Hosseini; A Thousand Splendid Suns; the eco-feminist theory; patriarchy

Contents

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………1

2. Literature Review…………………………………………………………2

3. The Oppression of Patriarchy……………………………………………3

3.1 The tragedy of Mariam and Laila………………………………………….3

3.2 The destruction to nature………………………………………………….5

4. The Resistance to Oppression………………………………………….....7

4.1 The resistance of Mariam and Laila……………………………………….7

4.2 The revenge from nature…………………………………………………..9

5. The Interconnections between Women and Nature………………….…10

5.1 The similarity of women and nature………………………………………10

5.2 The harmonious relationship between women and nature. …………….....10

6. Conclusion………………………………………………………………...11

Works Cited………………………………………………………………….13