摘要
斯科特·奥台尔的成名作《蓝色的海豚岛》被称作女性版的《鲁宾逊飘流记》。本文试图运用文学伦理学批评的方法重读这部美国儿童文学经典,探讨小说揭示出的人与社会、人与他人以及人与自然的伦理道德,认为《蓝色的海豚岛》真实地再现了父权社会中男尊女卑的道德伦理对女性发展造成的障碍,歌颂了以宽容、仁慈对待他人及生态圈中的一切的关爱伦理,表达了人与自然和谐如一的人伦理想。透过男女平等和深层生态伦理的主题,小说彰显出作者令人惊叹的前瞻性和对道德教育的深刻认识。
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O＇ Dell is known as the female version of Robinson Crusoe. This paper attempts to reread this children＇s classic with the guidance of literary ethical criticism in order to uncover the various ethics displayed in tile novel. As to the relationship between man and society, the novel discloses the obstacles that patriarchal society has set up for women. Concerning the relationship between man and others, the novel expresses the ethics of care which is characteristic of tolerance and beneficence. As regards to the relationship between man and nature, the novel extols the ideal ethics of a harmonious whole. Through the exploration of the themes of equality between men and women as well as of deep ecological ethics, Island of the Blue Dolphins displays the author＇s stunning foresight and his emphasis on moral education.
出处
《外国文学研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2008年第5期111-117,共7页
Foreign Literature Studies
