Doris Lessing 的第一本小說野草在唱歌融合了大部分萊莘之後作品探討的主題與元素，包括女性的、種族的議題、馬克思主義以及後殖民論述，可稱作是其創作的概括性入門與方向，最有趣的是此本50年代出版的小說涉及了現代與後現代理論中重要的議題與精神，簡言之，它討論到被壓抑性的重返。

現代與後現代是百家爭鳴、眾生喧譁的時代，強調的不再是理性為主的大論述及大經典，相反的，原本那些被壓抑的、邊緣的聲音逐漸被挖掘、被重視而重新發聲，也就是說，壓抑性的重返已成為後現代一種必然的趨勢，曾被歧視的種族或殖民地人民重新定義自己的身分並追求主權的獨立，曾被剝削的勞工起而發動無產階級革命，曾被消音的稗官野史、不被接受的族群及言論都紛紛撥雲見日，而萊莘的野草在唱歌就與這種精神不謀而合，小說以殖民時期的南非羅德西亞為背景，探討白人殖民者與黑人勞工的關係，白人對非洲殖民地的剝削，此外，更深入描寫女主角Mary的成長過程與心理分析，她對性的壓抑與對黑奴的強硬態度在小說中猶如平行的兩條線，在故事結束摩斯謀殺她的那一刻達到高潮，長久被白人壓迫的黑人勞工在那一刻帶著憤怒的火焰對白人展開激烈的復仇，白人的優越感隨著瑪莉的死亡而毀滅，黑人勞工也得以從被扭曲物化的身分認同中獲得新生，同時間被瑪莉長久壓抑的慾望也在此刻反撲，她不得不面對她的恐懼與本能，那些她一直逃避的、不願正視的一切，換句話說，她在死亡的那一刻了解了事物和慾望的本質，這是一種真正的覺醒，也呈現被壓抑性重返的必然性。

此篇論文共分三章來探討萊莘的此本小說如何呈現在種族、階級與心理方面壓抑與壓抑性的回歸，第一章運用後殖民理論如法農的論述來探討殖民地黑人與白人的衝突，以小說中的例子來解釋黑人如何遭受白人的歧視與不平等對待，後半部將重點放在黑人的反撲，分析他們如何抓住時機跨越種族的藩籬重新定義自己的身分，以及如何覺醒並反抗白人的壓迫；第二章以階級的觀點切入，前半部以馬克思主義的觀點抨擊白人對南非黑人勞工及其土地的剝削，後半部以德希達Derrida的幽靈纏繞哲學來證明資本主義毀滅的必然性與各種形式反抗的幽靈性(重覆性)，受到非人的對待，黑人勞工遲早會吹起復仇的號角，革白人資本家的命，而白人對土地唯利是圖的剝削，大自然遲早會向他們討回公道，摧毀一切白人辛苦建造的屋舍與田地；最後一章討論的是被壓抑的慾望的重返，引用佛洛伊德的心理理論，我將條列出瑪莉性壓抑的種種行為，包括對男性、性行為、土著(白人投射於其身上的動物性象徵性欲)的厭惡，以及主宰的慾望，並分析造成她性壓抑的原因和性欲以不同形式回歸的過程。

被壓抑的或被消音的人事物並非不存在，他們只是暫時處於邊緣地帶不斷侵蝕主流意識的根基，直到一天完全的回規並取而代之，當然，當它成為中心，地位也並非永久不變，因為被推翻的理論以及其他被新的中心理論或族群壓抑的聲音還在伺機而待，如幽魂般纏繞不去，無時無刻威脅著中心的地位，直到下一次的反撲。

　Though it is not read or examined as widely as Lessing’s most famous work, The Golden Notebook, The Grass is Singing, Lessing’s first novel published in 1950, still merits sustained attention for its embodying of various themes that are recurrent in her later novels and its profound relations with some important concepts of modern time. Drawing on theorists like Fanon, Foucault, Derrida and Freud who pose the ideas of insurrection of the excluded or the repressed darkness, this thesis aims to discuss “repression” and the “return of the repressed” in terms of race, class and sexuality in The Grass is Singing. The three main chapters can be seen as a whole organic unity, dealing with the similar topics: repression and the inevitable resistance or reemergence of the repressed. They can also be viewed separately as coping with different issues. Chapter One mainly discusses racial violence in the colony and the subversive potentials of the black. Chapter Two is dedicated to criticize the ruinous effects of white capitalist exploitation upon native laborers and the existed land. It also discusses how the specters of anti-capitalism or communism haunt and disturb the authority of the white. Chapter Three deals with Mary’s psychological process, focusing on her sexual repression and the return of her unconscious desires. It not only analyzes the causes and effects of Mary’s denial of sexuality, but also shows the inevitable re-emergence of her repressed instincts. Through these discussions of repression and the return of the repressed in my thesis, I aim to present that Lessing is not only a critical writer but also a literary prophet. On the one hand, with judgmental insights into several established hegemonic ideologies, she discerns and criticizes different forms of inequalities surrounding her. On the other hand, she shows the possibility of the subversion of the repressed. In other words, she positively foretells the coming of justice.

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