Journal of Literary Writing and Evaluation

JLWE, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2025, pp.192-200.

Print ISSN: 3078-8129; Online ISSN: 3104-5073

Journal homepage: https://www.lwejournal.com

DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/JLWE.25.2.02

生态话语与经济模式：
《红色之心》对《黑暗的心》的后殖民生态重构

熊鸿妍 (Xiong Hongyan)，邹  涛（Zou Tao）

摘要：贾克斯·穆达的《红色之心》是后种族隔离时代南非文学的扛鼎之作，通过与康拉德《黑暗之心》的深刻对话，对后殖民国家的发展路径提出了严峻拷问。小说将背景置于殖民主义与全球化的双重压力下，刻画了南非原住民科萨族在面对外部资本主导的现代化方案时产生的深刻分裂，揭示了依附型发展模式对本土社会、文化及生态的系统性破坏。本文以后殖民生态批评为框架，并借用政治经济学理论中的“成本转嫁”及“二元结构”等概念，论证《红色之心》中的生态世界观对经济模式选择的关键作用，指出穆达通过重构本土生态智慧，为后殖民南非探索出一条实现经济“自力更生”的可行蓝图，彰显其文学构想作为社会变革方案的深刻现实意义。

关键词：贾克斯·穆达；《红色之心》；后殖民生态批评；重构

作者简介：熊鸿妍：电子科技大学外国语学院硕士研究生，研究方向：非洲文学。电邮： willow94664@163.com。邹   涛（通信作者）：电子科技大学外国语学院教授，研究方向：非洲文学，比较文学，英美文学。 电邮：truthzou@126.com。

Title: Ecological Discourse and Economic Models: The Postcolonial Ecological Reconstruction of The Heart of Redness in Relation to Heart of Darkness

Abstract: Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness is a landmark of post-apartheid South African literature that challenges the developmental trajectories available to postcolonial nations through a sustained dialogue with Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. The novel dramatizes the profound internal divisions within a Xhosa community as it confronts modernization schemes driven by external capital—a conflict rooted in the dual pressures of colonial legacies and globalization. This article uses the framework of postcolonial ecocriticism and political economy concepts like “cost externalization” to argue that the novel’s ecological worldview is pivotal to shaping competing economic models. By reconstructing Indigenous ecological wisdom, Mda ultimately envisions a path toward self-reliant, sustainable development. The novel thus transcends literary imagination, offering a powerful political critique of externally imposed economic systems.

Keywords: Zakes Mda; The Heart of Redness; Postcolonial Ecocriticism; reconstruction

Author Biography: Xiong Hongyan, master’s Candidate at the School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Research Area: African Literature. E-mail: willow94664@163.com. Zou Tao (Corresponding Author), Professor at the School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Research Areas: African Literature, Comparative Literature, British and American Literature. E-mail: truthzou@126.com.

 Received: 15 Sep 2025 / Revised: 15 Sep 2025 / Accepted: 1 Nov 2025 / Published online: 30 Nov 2025 / Print published: 30 Dec 2025.