“她们自己的文学”——当代澳大利亚妇女小说发展述评

"A Literature of Their Own" ——An Overview of Contemporary Australian Women Fiction

20世纪的最后30年是澳大利亚妇女文学创作的一个辉煌时期,尤其在小说领域,群星闪耀,佳作纷呈,真正撑起了当代澳大利亚文学的“半边天”。“离经叛道”的海伦.加纳、以描写弱小人物命运见长的阿斯特利、一心关注女性世界的马斯特斯与安德森、具有强烈女权主义意识的格伦维尔以及融现代主义与后现代、实验手法与一体的伊丽莎白.乔莉,以其各自的特色,堪为其中杰出的代表。

The last thirty years of the 20th century have proved to be a glorious period of women＇s creative writing in Australia, esp. , in the field of fiction, presenting to us a splendid literature, ＂a literature of their own＂, to borrow Elaine Showalter＇s words. Writers like Helen Garner, Thea Astley, Olga Masters, Jessica Anderson, Kate Grenville and Elizabeth Jolley with their uniquely individual writing features and widely different emphases and preoccupations are representative figures.