《人类以前的生活》的生存主题解读

A Reading on the Theme of Survival in “Life Before Man”

加拿大作家玛格丽特.阿特伍德在其早期小说《人类以前的生活》中,借"日记体"叙事结构和第三人称限制性叙事视角阐释了生存这一核心主题。她通过人物形象塑造和情节安排探索了个体生存、民族生存和人类生存这三个层面,从而涵盖了两性主题、民族主题和环保主题,显示出作家过人的洞察力。

In her early novel ＂Life Before Man＂, the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood expounds the core theme of survival using the ＂diary style＂ narrative structure and the third person limited point of view. Through the character image shaping and plot planning, she explores the survival of individual, nation and the whole human beings, which covers the themes of gender, nation and environmental protection, showing the writer＇s outstanding insight.