本論文旨在探討朵麗絲．拉辛所著<<野草在歌唱>>中的後殖民主題。本文
主要以後殖民的視角來審視<<野草在歌唱>>中殖民論述如何被質疑，並藉
助後殖民論述，試圖給與被殖民者發言的位置。此外，本文更企圖透過後
殖民的閱讀策略來揭露存在於種族、性別、與意識型態之間的兩難與辯證
關係。本論文共分五章。首章簡介拉辛的殖民背景與其文學創作的個人風
格。第二章闡述後殖民論述的主要特色，並說明此項研究的基本立論。第
三章與第四章為本論文之主體。第三章旨在解構殖民者／西方論述。本章
主要在探究<<野草在歌唱>>如何藉助殖民論述來顛覆殖民論述。第四章旨
在重／建構被殖民者／後殖民論述。本章企圖以多位後殖民評論家的理論
來解析該書中所隱含的主題。藉著此兩章的討論與分析，我們約略可為後
殖民的文學創作指出一個方向。末章總評拉辛的成就。

The primary purpose of this thesis is to explore the post-
colonial themes in Doris Lessing's "The Grass Is Singing."
The experience of colonialism and its agonizing aftermath have
not only determined the historical path but also modified the
reality of our life and even our entire perspective upon the
world. This thesis consists of five chapters. In Chapter One,
I sketch briefly Lessing's background. In Chapter Two, I trace
the impulses of post-colonialism so as to illuminate the
importance of post-colonialism in the field of the "Second
World." Chapter Three and Four form the main body of this
thesis. Chapter Three is devoted to deconstructing colonial
self/western discourse. I scrutinize the process of
alienation and disillusionment which springs from economic
bankruptcy and psychological disintegration. Greater stress is
put on the subversion within Eurocentric discourse. Then, I
discuss irony as a trope of doubleness that dismantles western
vision. Chapter Four is an attempt to reconstruct colonized
other/post-colonial discourse. In this chapter, I examine all
those theoretical tropes in post-colonial discourse that are
most productive and constructive for my examination of the
novel: mimicry, hybridity, ambivalence, resistance, Negritude,
and violence; they help give the colonized other a speaking
presence. "The Grass Is Singing," as a novel that questions the
adequacy of Eurocentric discourse, manifests the nature of the
dialectical links between sex, race, and ideology. The novel
is valuable not only because it shatters and questions the
Western monolithic assumptions, but also because it contributes
greatly to our understanding of the dilemmas about the
entanglement of racism, sexuality, and ideology.
The primary purpose of this thesis is to explore the post-