ON THE ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE ETHNIC WRITING IN FOUR SOULS

Wan Mei
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

ABSTRACT

Ethnic writing is one of the salient features in Louise Erdrich’s literary works. In Four Souls, Erdrich combined the ancient theme of revenge with the unique Indian qualities together and created a new Revenge-Wandering-Homecoming narration while adopting the ethical writing dimension. Based on Fleur Pillager’s individual experience, Four Souls emphasizes the relationship between mankind and land in view of land ethics, human to human relationship in view of family ethical identity and the relationship between mankind and society from the perspective of survival ethics, therefore reveals the complex tribal, bloodline and national ethical issues in a deep sense.

KEYWORDS

Ethnic writing, revenge-wandering-homecoming, ethical dimensions