铁皮屋顶下的玛丽——《野草在歌唱》中的女性与自然

Mary Under the Tin Roof:Woman and Nature in The Grass Is Singing

多丽丝·莱辛的处女作《野草在歌唱》不仅揭露了男权社会中女性身心遭受压迫的严酷现实,还包含着对女性与自然关系、生态环境恶化的深刻思考。铁皮屋顶作为作品中的核心意象之一,交织着莱辛对性别、种族、环境问题的反思。围绕铁皮屋顶展开的情节表明,以主宰关系为核心的二元论思维模式是造成女性及自然边缘化的背后推力。从环境身份的视角出发,对自然环境的伦理承认不仅是与自然对抗的玛丽摆脱主宰型二元对立的前提,也是对以斯莱特为代表的漠视自然的人类中心主义者的伦理要求。

The Grass Is Singing,Doris Lessing’s first novel,reveals the harsh reality of the physical and mental oppression of women in a patriarchal society on the one hand,and contains a profound reflection on the relationship between women and nature and the deterioration of the natural environment on the other.As one of the core symbols,the tin roof interweaves the author’s reflections on gender,race and environmental issues,presenting the dualistic thinking mode with dominant relationship as the backup to the marginalization of women and nature.Based on the perspective of environmental identity,this paper proposes that the ethical recognition of natural environment is not only a first step for Mary to escape from the dominant duality,but also the ethical requirement for human being who totally ignores nature as a necessity to acquire self-recognition and identity.