Abstract

Doris Lessing is the greatest female writer after Virginia Woolf in England. The Memoirs of A Survivor is her later representative. It’s a fantasy fiction written in a realistic way. This paper is combined with Cheng Mingdao’s theory of human nature and social development to unscramble the work, trying to search the human nature, society and their relationships in The Memoirs of A Survivor. So far for no one has studied The Memoirs of A Survivor from the human nature and society perspectives, the thesis opens a new world for the research of the novel. Furthermore, people can be inspired by the thesis that the goodness of human nature promotes social development while evil human nature hinders social development. Meanwhile, it also warns people who exist in the era with fast development should ponder their characters.

Key words: The Memoirs of A Survivor; Doris Lessing; human nature; society         

摘要

多丽丝·莱辛被誉为弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫后最伟大的英国女作家。《幸存者回忆录》是她的后期代表作，是现实主义的幻想小说。本文意在结合程明道的人性与社会发展理论，对这部小说进行解读，探索多丽丝莱辛《幸存者回忆录》中的人性、社会以及他们的关系。到目前为止，尚无作者从人性与社会的角度研究《幸存者回忆录》，因而本文研究拓展了《幸存者回忆录》这部作品的研究维度。另外，本文给人们深刻的启示，即善良的人性促进社会发展，而邪恶的人性阻碍社会发展，并警示人们：在社会快速发展的年代，要对自己的品性进行深入的思考。

关键词：《幸存者回忆录》；多丽丝·莱辛；人性；社会