徐夢妍多麗絲萊辛

DorisLessing

多麗絲?萊辛

英語11-3徐夢妍

DorisLessing

BritishWriter

borninOct.1919

Family

I.DorisLessing

wasbornDorisMay

TaylerinPersia波斯（西南亞國家，現(xiàn)稱伊朗）

(nowIran伊朗)on

October22,1919.II.Herfather,whohadbeencrippledadj.殘廢的，跛腿的in

WorldWarI,wasaclerkintheImperial帝國BankofPersia.III.Hermotherhadbeenanurse.IV.In1925,lured誘惑

bythepromiseofgettingrichthroughmaize玉米

farming,thefamilymovedtotheBritishcolonyinSouthernRhodesian.羅德西亞(nowZimbabwen.津巴布韋（國家名，位于非洲）).Earlylife&EducationEarlylife

Lessinghasdescribedherchildhoodasanuneven不均勻的

mixofsomepleasureandmuchpain.

Hermother,obsessedv.著迷（obsess的過去式）；糾纏withraisingaproperdaughter,enforcedarigid嚴格的systemofrulesandhygienen衛(wèi)生；衛(wèi)生學；保健法athome,theninstalledDorisinaconventn女修道院school,wherenuns修女

terrifiedtheirchargeswithstoriesofhellanddamnation詛咒.Education

Lessingwaslatersenttoanall-girlshighschoolinthecapitalofSalisbury索爾茲伯里市（津巴布韋，原羅得西亞首都）

,fromwhichshesoondroppedout.Shewasthirteen;anditwastheendofherformaleducation.

ButlikeotherwomenwritersfromsouthernAfricanwhodidnotgraduatefromhighschool(suchasOliveSchreinerandNadineGordimer),Lessingmadeherselfintoaself-educatedintellectual.LiteraryStyle.

Asashortstorywriter,DorisLessingisparticularlynotedforherprecision,herchoiceofwordsandhereconomyoflanguage.HerlifeandexperienceinRhodesiahaveprovidedexcellentmaterialforherAfricanstories,whichhavebeenwidelyacclaimed.

ClassificationSuccessfulMen(RichardandMichael)ExtremeMaleActivists(DeSilva)SocietyMarginalizedPeople(Ronnie)LiteraryAchievement

Lessingistheeleventhwomantowintheprizeinits106-yearhistory,andalsotheoldestpersonevertowintheliteratureaward,andthethirdoldestNobelLaureaten.桂冠詩人；得獎者inanycategory.(theoldestisanAmerican,90,foreconomicprize,theyoungestisaBritish,25forphysicsprize)2007TheNobelPrizeforLiterature

Shewas87,makinghertheoldestwinneroftheliteratureprizeatthetimeoftheawardandthethirdoldestNobelLaureateinanycategory.

ShealsostandsasonlytheeleventhwomantobeawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturebytheSwedishAcademyinits106-yearhistory.

ShetitledherNobelLectureOnNotWinningtheNobelPrizeandusedittodrawattentiontoglobalinequalityofopportunity,andtoexplorechangingattitudestostorytellingandliteratureself-evaluationLessingdoesnotliketheideaofbeingpigeon-holedasafeministauthor.Whenaskedwhy,shereplies:Whatthefeministswantofmeissomethingtheyhaven'texaminedbecauseitcomesfromreligion.Theywantmetobearwitness.Whattheywouldreallylikemetosayis,'Ha,sisters,Istandwithyousidebysideinyourstruggletowardthegoldendawnwhereallthosebeastlymenarenomore.'Dotheyreallywantpeopletomakeoversimplifiedstatementsaboutmenandwomen?Infact,theydo.I'vecomewithgreatregrettothisconclusion.Rememberthatthebookwhichboresyouwhenboresyouwhenyouaretwentyorthirtywillopendoorsforyouarefortyorfifty--andvice-versa.----DorisLessing

ThegoldenNotebook

TheGoldenNotebookisthelongestandthemostambitiousworkDorisLessinghaseverattemptedtowrite.Itisamasterpiece杰作

inportraiture肖像畫

ofthemanners,aspirations愿望,anxietiesandtheparticularproblemsofthetimesinwhichwelive.itisadaringnarrativeexperiment,inwhichthemultiple多樣的

selvesofacontemporary同時代的

womanarerenderedin表現(xiàn)出

astonishing驚人的

depthanddetail.AnnaWulf,likeLessingherself,strivesforruthless殘忍的

honestyassheaimstofreeherselffromthechaos,emotionalnumbness麻木,andhypocrisyafflicting使痛苦

hergeneration.Thisbookexploresmentalandsocietalbreakdown.Italsocontainsapowerfulanti-warandanti-Stalinist斯大林式的message,anextendedanalysisofcommunismandtheCommunistPartyinEnglandfromthe1930stothe1950s,andafamedexaminationofthebudding萌芽的sexualandwomen'sliberationmovements.ThegoldenNotebookAnnaisawriter,authorofoneverysuccessfulnovel,whonowkeepsfournotebooks.Inone,withablack

cover,shereviewstheAfricanexperienceofherearlieryear.Inared

onesherecordsherpoliticallife,herdisillusionment醒悟withcommunism.Ina

yellow

oneshewritesanovelinwhichtheheroinereviles辱罵partofherownexperience.Andintheblueoneshekeepsapersonaldiary.Finally,inlovewithanAmericanwriterandthreatenedwithinsanity瘋狂,Annatriestobringthethreads線串聯(lián)ofallfourbookstogetherinagolden

notebookandreflectstheinnerlifeofwomenwhowanttolivefreely.ReviewsontheGoldenNotebookTheGoldenNotebookisthemasterpieceofDorisLessing,onEnglishfemalenovelist.Thebookoffers“anunderstandingofissuessuchaspoliticalrepression鎮(zhèn)壓,sexualabuse,singleparenthood,writer’sblock