“召唤迷途之人踏上归路”--论《在基督脚下》中的自然意象

"Summon Home All Those Who Strayed":on the Nature Images in Under the Feet of Jesus

《在基督脚下》是美国墨裔作家海伦娜·玛利亚·伏蒙特的处女作,讲述了13岁的墨西哥裔少女埃斯特雷拉与她的家人在加利福尼亚州做葡萄园工人的经历。作品中频繁出现以橘子和桃子为代表的"果实"、被污染的果园和"星月"这三类自然意象,表现了未经雕琢的自然与资本主义社会生产所产生的激烈对抗,以及埃斯特雷拉作为一名墨裔未成年女性在寻找个人身份时对自然的不懈坚持与追求。

As the first novel of Helena Maria Viramontes,Under the Feet of Jesus tells a story about the experience of Latino migrant workers living and working in the California grape fields from the angle of a 13-year-old Mexican American girl Estrella.In the works,three natural images such as the"fruit"represented by orange and peach,the polluted grape fields,and the stars and the moon appear frequently,which show the fierce confrontation between the uncut nature and the capitalist social production,and Estralla′s persistent pursuit to nature as a young Mexican woman in seeking her personal identity.