The Doomsday Heroes in Doris Lessing’s Works and Her Contradictory Views on Christianity
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Doris Lessing, Doomsday Heroes, Views on ChristianityAbstract
Doris Lessing created some doomsday heroes in her writings. Like Jesus, these heroes aspire to save the world, but different from Jesus, they are powerless to achieve it. This reflects Lessing’s ambivalent view on Christianity, which is closely related to her diaspora experiences as a descendant of British colonists in southern Africa. On the one hand, the importance of Christianity in British colonists’ life, her educational experiences in the Christian Convent school and the influence of literature helped to cultivate Lessing’s Christian complex. On the other hand, her dissatisfaction with the way in which some British colonialists dealt with racial relationships led her to question the fraternity spirit of Christianity.
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