声明
摘要
Abstract
1 Introduction
1.1 ABrief Introduction to Toni Morrison and Her Literary Achievements
1.2 A Brief Introduction to A Mercy
1.3 Literature Review
1.3.1 Previous Studies on A Mercy Abroad
1.3.2 Previous Studies on A Mercy at Home
1.3.3 Innovative Points in the Thesis
2 Ethical Literary Criticism
2.1 Definition and Development of Ethical Literary Criticism
2.2 Ethical Environment in Ethical Literary Criticism
2.2.1 Definition and Connotation of Ethical Environment
2.2.2 Ethical Environment in the Novel
3 An Analysis of Disordered Ethical Environment in A Mercy from the Perspective of Ethical Literary Criticism
3.1 Disordered Ethical Order in A Mercy
3.1.1 Family Ethics-Abandonment and Separation
3.1.2 Interpersonal Ethics—Alienation and Indifference
3.2 The Absence of Ethical Identity in A Mercy
3.2.2 Lina—Losing Cultural Identity
3.2.3 Florence—Lacking Self-identity
3.3 Reasons for the Emergence of Disordered Ethical Environment
3.3.1 Suffering from Slavery
3.3.2 Stuek in White-dominated Culture
3.3.3 Oppressed in Patriarchal Society
4 An Analysis of the Construction of Ethical Environment in A Mercy from the Perspective of Ethical Literary Criticism
4.1 Construction of Ethical Order
4.1.1 The Return of Family Ethics
4.1.2 Construction of Interpersonal Ethies
4.2 The Pursuit of Ethical Identity
4.2.1 Minham(a)e—Confessing to Her Daughter
4.2.2 Lina—Pursuing Her Cultural Identity Gradualiy
4.2.3 Florence—Analyzing Her Self-identity and Writing on the Wall
5 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Papers Published in the Period of Ph.M.Education