A Postcolonial Ecocritical Study Of Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People

In 1991,Nadine Gordimer became the first female Nobel Prize winner in Literature in South African history.She is very concerned about the social reality of South Africa and has long been committed to showing the racial and ecological problems of South Africa under colonial rule through literary works.Her representative work July’s People is set in the post-apartheid era in South Africa,which depicts the identity loss of blacks and whites and the dilemma of the coexistence and integration of black culture and white culture under the transfer of power.So far,scholars in China and abroad have interpreted July’s People from the perspectives of post-colonialism,comparative study,narrative skills and identity ethics,but the ecological problems in the novel are equally worthy of attention.This thesis analyzes the ecological status and social features at the turn of political power in South Africa by applying postcolonial ecocriticism,focusing on the triple ecological crisis caused by colonial rule and apartheid:the destruction of natural ecology,the alienation of social ecology and the imbalance of spiritual ecology,thus emphasizing the importance of a harmonious natural ecological environment and revealing the possibility of the return of social ethical order and the equal coexistence of races.Meanwhile,by exploring Gordimer’s ecological consciousness and political inclination to subvert colonial discourse,the thesis thinks about the importance of multi-ethnic cultural compatibility and harmonious coexistence in the process of globalization.It is expected to to promote the harmonious symbiosis between man and nature,and make contributions to propelling the sustainable development and ecological civilization construction.