兒童文學與生態女性主義文學理論的交叉點－試論自然寫作與少年小說

Where Children's Literature and Ecofeminist Literary Theories Meet: Nature Writing and Young Adult Fiction

蔡淑芬(Shu-Fen Tsai)

《兒童文學學刊》 7期 (2002/05) Pp. 75-99

https://doi.org/10.6739/ttchl.200205_(7).0003

摘要

全球環境危機已使人類不得不重新檢視人與自然界的關係。生態女性主義文學理論家認為我們需要一種把自然主體性恢復的語言和新美學以矯正將自然物化的「以人為本位的控制觀」。本文將以生態女性主義文學理論分析新兒童文學中常出現的動物擬人化手法並以《狼王的女兒》為例，探討為何兒童文學是能將生態女性主義文學理論落實的文類。在分析《狼王的女兒》文本的同時，也將探討作者，珍‧喬治，如何在不落入環境保育說教的老套下，結合自然寫作與少年冒險成長小說的模式，來呈現「人與自然界的關係」這一個迫切的議題。

關鍵字

生態批評 ； 女性生態主義 ； 自然寫作 ； 兒童文學 ； 少年小說

並列摘要

The urgent global environmental crisis has demanded human beings to reexamine the relationship between human culture and the natural world. Ecofeminist literary scholars argue that the exiting dominant language practice has distorted and obscured the subjectivity of nature, subsiding it to the claims of the humans. One big enterprise they are undertaking is to advocate a new aesthetics and experiment a new language that will respect the nonhuman world as independent subjects. This paper is to introduce ecofeminist literary theories and apply them to re-access children's literature, suggesting that children's literature has been a rich soil to put into practice ecofeminist literary ideas. With close analysis of Julie of the Wolves, this paper also suggests that for those writers interested in ecological themes, combining nature writing with young adult fiction may be a good direction to work on.

並列關鍵字

Ecocriticism ； ecofeminism ； nature writing ； children's literature ； young adult fiction