莱斯利·马蒙·西尔克:美国印第安文化的歌唱者

Leslie Marmon Silko:Preacher of the American Indian Culture

本文研究莱斯利.马蒙.西尔克,一位被收录进《诺顿女性文学史》里最年轻的女作家。本文的第一部分主要介绍西尔克的作品以及评论界对她的评价,旨在强调西尔克作为美国印第安女作家的独特身份。第二部分研究西尔克的著名短篇小说《黄女人》。文章使用生态女权主义的批评方法,试图探究及评价西尔克作品中自然的重要性以及它在女性寻找身份时所起的重要作用。文章旨在证明在对西尔克这样的美国印第安作家进行研究时,不应将研究的视角局限于印第安文学,他们对于自然文学乃至整个美国文学的贡献都是需要重新估量的。

This paper is a study of Leslie Marmon Silko, the youngest writer to be included in The Norton Anthology of Women's Literature. The study begins by examining briefly Silko's works and various critical responses to her writing, emphasizing her unique identity as a Native American woman writer. The second part deals with “Yellow Woman,” one of her most acclaimed short stories. By adopting an ecofeminist approach, this paper intends to show and evaluate the importance of nature in Silko's works and the role it plays in women's search for identity in the Indian culture. It aims to argue that Native American writers like Silko should not simply be regarded as regional writers. Their contribution to nature writing and eventually to American literature should be reevaluated.