女性与自然:艾丽斯·沃克《父亲的微笑之光》生态女性主义解读

Women and Nature:Appreciating By the Light of My father's Smile of Alice Walker from an Ecofeminist Perspective

艾丽斯·沃克非常关注父权体制下黑人女性的生存状态,对女性受到的压迫进行了深刻的揭露,同时,沃克对大自然的命运忧心忡忡,指出人类正面临严重的生态危机。沃克的生态观批判了西方社会中父权制世界观对于自然和女性的压榨。沃克的小说《父亲的微笑之光》就是一部宣扬生态主义思想的著作,小说揭示了女性与自然受压迫的同质性,提出妇女应该团结一致,抵制父权社会把女性和自然他者化的生态观。自然、男性和女性应处于和谐的状态,男女应建立新的人际关系,共创美好家园。

As a feminist writer who is much concerned about the survival condition of black women under the patriarchal system, Alice Walker has deeply exposed the oppression and discrimination received by women. At the same time, Walker also concerns about the destiny of nature and points out that human are facing serious ecological crisis. Walker's ecological perspective criticizes the oppression women and nature has endured in a world of patriarchal outlook. Walker's novel By the Light of My Father's Smile is a masterpiece which preaches ecological thoughts. Through revealing the intimate connection between women and nature, this novel proposes that women should hold together to resist the 'other'image of women and nature in patriarchal society. Nature, men and women should live together in a harmonious and unified state to establish new interpersonal relationship and create beautiful homeland.