“他者”之恋:莎拉·格鲁恩小说动物主体地位的确立

Love to “The Other”:Construction of Animal Status in Sara Gruen's Animal Novels

莎拉·格鲁恩的小说以动物为主体,以小说人物不幸的家庭背景及生存困境为依托,指出当代社会建立人与动物平等关系的必要性。通过为动物命名、强调动物的繁殖能力等叙事技巧解构了动物"他者"身份,确立了动物的主体地位,对于客观处理生态危机及人类精神危机具有借鉴意义。

Taking non-human animals as the subject and the heroes＇ miserable family life as the background, Sara Gruen＇s novels point out the necessity of the construction of human-animal relations in the current society. Ways like naming non-human animals and emphasizing animals＇ reproductive abilities are employed in order to deconstruct animal status as ＂the Other＂ and set them as the Subject. Her novels provide spiritual guidance to deal with the eco-crisis and human spiritual crisis in the modern society.