萊辛小說創(chuàng)作思想的建設(shè)性后現(xiàn)代主義詮釋

1、 A Constructive Postmodernist Understanding of Lessing’s Thoughts on Fictional Writing Postgraduate: Zheng Xunshan Supervisor: Liu Yuhong Grade: 2007 Major: English Language on the other hand, her

2、 fictions try to present a faithful reflection of social realities. Lessing put more emphasis on novelists’ social responsibility with highlighting on social influences of fictional writing. Previous critics are characte

3、rized by an unfair understanding of Lessing’s ideas on fictional creation by emphasizing excessively deconstructive and subversive aspects in her novels. Based on personal reading of the novel of The Golden Notebook, thi

4、s thesis tries to confirm the constructive aspect of Lessing’s thoughts on fictional writing under the guiding of the Constructive Postmodernism. In the twentieth century, in connection with the development of modern s

5、ciences, there emerged an ideological movement, which has been well labeled by D. R. Griffin as “Constructive Postmodernism”. Constructive Postmodernism is a kind of Integrate Organism which is based on the improvement o

6、f Process Philosophy of contemporary British philosopher Alfred ·North ·Whitehead. Griffin, D·R and John B .Cobb, Jr. are among the group of major constructive postmodernists. Constructive Postmodernism is

7、 mainly concerned with the following three aspects: postmodern Integrate Organism, postmodern creation and postmodern ecological civilization; among these, the first one is the foundational theory, while the latter two b

8、eing its logical derivations. Constructive spirit in the above postmodern ideas contributes greatly to the fictional creation in a postmodern world. This paper is divided into four parts. The first part is an introduc

9、tion of literary criticism on The Golden Notebook and assumptions of this thesis besides an introduction of Lessing and her literary achievements. The second part of this paper is an explanation of Constructive Postmoder