Tinh thần sinh thái trong tiểu thuyết Con đập ngăn Thái Bình Dương của Marguerite Duras và Biên sử nước của Nguyễn Ngọc Tư: The ecological spirit in Marguerite Duras’ The sea wall and Nguyen Ngoc Tu’s Bien su nuoc

Abstract

Upon a perspective of ecocriticism, the article studies the problem of sea erosion in Maguerite Duras’ novel “The Sea Wall” and Nguyen Ngoc Tu’s “Bien su nuoc”. Despite their different consciousness, Duras and Nguyen Ngoc Tu both share a common creative space, a common sense of “the place”, that is the Mekong Delta. Moreover, the differences in the times of creation, the works have reflected the differences in ecological realities, in the spiritual dangers of man and society, in the existential tragedies of humanity, with very unique symbols.