Abstract

Saul Bellow is a famous Jewish American writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 for Herzog, which is about the life of an intellectual after his divorce from his second wife, and the author has created a number of distinctive female characters and ecological thinking in the book. This paper makes a close reading of Herzog from the perspective of ecofeminism, analyzing the state of urban nature and rural areas in the industrial society, as well as the situation of traditional women and modern women in the patriarchal society, and then revealing the oppression of nature and women in the context of anthropocentrism and male hegemony. This paper aims to arouse people’s reflection on the situation of women and nature, so as to achieve harmony between human and nature.

Highlights

  • Saul Bellow (1915-2005), a Jewish writer in the American literary world

  • Saul Bellow is a famous Jewish American writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 for Herzog, which is about the life of an intellectual after his divorce from his second wife, and the author has created a number of distinctive female characters and ecological thinking in the book

  • This paper aims at a close reading of Herzog from the perspective of ecofeminism, analyzing the state of urban nature and rural areas in the industrial society, as well as the situation of traditional women and modern women in the patriarchal society, and revealing the oppression of nature and women in the context of anthropocentrism and male hegemony

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Introduction

Saul Bellow (1915-2005), a Jewish writer in the American literary world. The second wife, Madeleine, had an affair with his friend Valentine and kicked him out of the house While wandering around, he kept writing letters to various people to express his anger towards his ex-wife and Valentine, as well as his dissatisfaction with the atmosphere of the society as a whole. He kept writing letters to various people to express his anger towards his ex-wife and Valentine, as well as his dissatisfaction with the atmosphere of the society as a whole Herzog returned to his childhood home and took an old gun left by his father. He wanted to kill Madeleine and Valentine in extreme anger. The purpose is to cause people to reflect on the situation of women and nature, so as to achieve harmony between human and nature

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Research at Home
Ecofeminism
Oppression of Women and Nature under Patriarchy
Destroyed Natural Environment
Female Survival Dilemma
Intimacy between Nature and Women
Resistance of Women and Nature
The Revenge of Nature to Anthropocentrism
The Rebellion of Women to Patriarchy
Reconstruction of Balanced World
Compromise between Men and Women
Human’s Integration with Nature
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