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Ⅰ. Introduction
As one of the most brilliant contemporary British writers， Doris Lessing was born in Iran and moved to Southern Africa where she spent her childhood. In 1949， she moved to London， where her first novel， The Grass is Singing， was published in 1950. Her masterpiece The Golden Notes， which was published in 1962， due to its formal and thematic complexity， was considered a milestone in Feminist literature. Her works focused on a wide range of twentieth-century issues and concerns， from the politics of race that she confronted in her early novels set in Africa， to the politics of gender which lead to her adoption by the feminist movement， to the role of the family and the individual in society， explored in her space fiction of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Ⅱ. The African Theme in Her Works
The Grass is Singing earned a considerable praise as Doris Lessing’s first novel. Like many of her works， this story was also set in Africa which explored the brutality of racism in South Africa. Relying on the life experiences in southern Africa and with the deep sympathy to the black natives， Doris Lessing showed us a picture of colonialism of that period. In the eyes of the white colonist， the colonized were the symbol of all the humble， inferior and dirty things. The main heroine Mary， from the first day she stepped to the farm， wary carefully their servants to pretend them stealing the leftovers. The white man believed that they had the right to sell or buy the colonized freely. And they agreed that the only way to treat the Africans was through whip. However， in front of such a powerful opponent， the colonized were silent and hopeless， because their status was marginalized and they had to depend on the white people on economy （王麗丽，2006： 214）. The black natives in The Grass is Singing resisted under desperateness， but the result was unsatisfactory. As one of the tragic images with the spirit of resistance in the story， Moses’resistance and obedience were silent. The colonialism brought terrible excruciation to the black natives.
Ⅲ. The Feminism in Her Novels
The view of feminism was highlighted in Doris Lessing’s masterpiece The Golden Notes， the sounds of the women’s liberation movement. She focused on the description of the women’s fate and living situation of that period. The main heroine of the novel， Anna Wulf， recorded her life in four different notes： the black one，
As one of the most brilliant contemporary British writers， Doris Lessing was born in Iran and moved to Southern Africa where she spent her childhood. In 1949， she moved to London， where her first novel， The Grass is Singing， was published in 1950. Her masterpiece The Golden Notes， which was published in 1962， due to its formal and thematic complexity， was considered a milestone in Feminist literature. Her works focused on a wide range of twentieth-century issues and concerns， from the politics of race that she confronted in her early novels set in Africa， to the politics of gender which lead to her adoption by the feminist movement， to the role of the family and the individual in society， explored in her space fiction of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Ⅱ. The African Theme in Her Works
The Grass is Singing earned a considerable praise as Doris Lessing’s first novel. Like many of her works， this story was also set in Africa which explored the brutality of racism in South Africa. Relying on the life experiences in southern Africa and with the deep sympathy to the black natives， Doris Lessing showed us a picture of colonialism of that period. In the eyes of the white colonist， the colonized were the symbol of all the humble， inferior and dirty things. The main heroine Mary， from the first day she stepped to the farm， wary carefully their servants to pretend them stealing the leftovers. The white man believed that they had the right to sell or buy the colonized freely. And they agreed that the only way to treat the Africans was through whip. However， in front of such a powerful opponent， the colonized were silent and hopeless， because their status was marginalized and they had to depend on the white people on economy （王麗丽，2006： 214）. The black natives in The Grass is Singing resisted under desperateness， but the result was unsatisfactory. As one of the tragic images with the spirit of resistance in the story， Moses’resistance and obedience were silent. The colonialism brought terrible excruciation to the black natives.
Ⅲ. The Feminism in Her Novels
The view of feminism was highlighted in Doris Lessing’s masterpiece The Golden Notes， the sounds of the women’s liberation movement. She focused on the description of the women’s fate and living situation of that period. The main heroine of the novel， Anna Wulf， recorded her life in four different notes： the black one，