"Nonexistent Foundation":An Analysis of the American Middle Class in Unsheltered From an Ecological Perspective
In her novel Unsheltered,contemporary American author Barbara Kingsolver closely exam-ines issues of inequality and political turmoil in modern American society,alongside a profound concern for the plight of the middle class.By juxtaposing the precarious circumstances of two American middle-class families from the 19th and 21st centuries,Kingsolver critiques the endur-ing hypocrisy of the"American Dream".The novel's settings,character identities,and plot meta-phors are intricately tied to the concept of"ecology",reflecting the author's integration of eco-logical thought into her social and cultural critique.This study employs multiple core concepts from ecology,including ecosystem,food chain,predator,and ecological balance,to analyze the root causes of middle-class crises in different eras as portrayed in the novel.It reveals both the potential agency and limitations inherent in the notion of literature as"an imaginary resolution of real social contradictions".
Barbara KingsolverUnshelteredAmerican middle classecological perspective
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