Journal of Literary Writing and Evaluation

JLWE, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2025, pp.247-257.

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

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

DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/JLWE.25.2.07 

从约束到自主：
《橘子不是唯一的水果》中珍妮特的伦理身份重构

黄晓敏（Huang Xiaomin），刘红卫（Liu Hongwei）

摘要：《橘子不是唯一的水果》是一部兼具自传色彩与象征意蕴的成长小说，深刻展现了主人公珍妮特在伦理身份重构过程中的挣扎与成长。本文以文学伦理学批评为理论视角，从珍妮特所承载的多重伦理身份，她在家庭、宗教与社会多重压力下所陷入的伦理两难，以及其最终做出的伦理选择三个方面，剖析主人公珍妮特在伦理身份重构过程中的困境与转变。温特森通过对珍妮特成长经历的书写，批判了社会及宗教体系对非异性恋群体的偏见与排斥，揭示了这种偏见对个体身份认同的影响，并呈现了个体在压迫中寻求自我与伦理身份重构的可能路径。

关键词：《橘子不是唯一的水果》；珍妮特·温特森；伦理身份

作者简介：黄晓敏，女，中南财经政法大学外国语学院硕士研究生，研究方向：英语文学，文学伦理学批评研究。电邮：1105707821@qq.com。刘红卫（通讯作者），女，中南财经政法大学外国语学院教授，研究方向：英语文学，现当代英国戏剧，文学伦理学批评研究。电邮：liuhw@zuel.edu.cn。

Title: From Constraint to Autonomy: The Reconstruction of Jeanette’s Ethical Identity in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Abstract: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a bildungsroman that combines autobiographical elements with symbolic significance, profoundly depicting the protagonist Jeanette’s struggle and growth in the process of ethical identity reconstruction. This paper takes ethical literary criticism as the theoretical perspective to analyze Jeanette’s dilemma and transformation in the process of achieving ethical identity reconstruction from three aspects: the multiple ethical identities she carries, the ethical dilemmas she falls into under multiple pressures of family, religion, and society, and the ethical choices she ultimately makes. Through the depiction of Jeanette’s upbringing, Winterson criticizes the prejudice and exclusion of same sex orientation group by social and religious systems, reveals the impact of this prejudice on individual identity, and presents possible paths for individuals to seek self and ethical identity reconstruction under oppression.

Keywords: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit; Jeanette Winterson; ethical identity

Author Biography: Huang Xiaomin is a postgraduate at the School of Foreign Studies, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Her research focuses on English literature and ethical literary criticism. Email: 1105707821@qq.com. Liu Hongwei (Corresponding Author) is a professor at the School of Foreign Studies, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Her research interests include English literature, contemporary British drama, and ethical literary criticism. Email: liuhw@zuel.edu.cn.

     Received: 29 Sep 2025 / Revised: 1 Nov 2025 / Accepted: 4 Nov 2025 / Published online: 30 Nov 2025 / Print published: 30 Dec 2025.