成为你自己——《天黑前的夏天》之马斯洛需求层次理论解读

Becoming Yourself:An Interpretation of The Summer before the Dark from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

多丽丝·莱辛的现实主义作品《天黑前的夏天》被《纽约时报》誉为"继马尔克斯的《百年孤独》之后最好的小说"。通过马斯洛的需求层次理论,对小说中的女主人公凯特的人性发展动机和自我实现的需求进行分析,以唤起人们对婚姻中女性内在需求更好的理解和关注,同时为现代女性在自我认识、自我实现和人格平衡方面的发展指明了方向。

Doris I.essing＇s realistic work The Summer before the Dark has been hailed by New York Times as ＂the best novel since Gabriel Garcia Marquez＇s One Hundred Years of Solitude＂. Through the analysis of Kate＇s motivation of human development and her needs for self-actualization according to Maslow＇s hierarchy of needs theory, this paper aims to arouse people to have better understanding and pay more attention to women＇s inner needs in marriage, and provides the positive guidance for modern women in achieving self-understanding, self-actualization and the balance of development of personality.