女性文学起步较晚,缺少丰富的传统根基,且多关注女性情感成长历程和道德说教,鲜有作家和女性人物内心真正声音的表露,处于一种亚文化状态。《玛莎·奎斯特》是多丽丝·莱辛的早期作品,这部作品突破了男性主流文化和传统观念的挟持,在女性文学这片领地上大胆倾诉自己的感觉和思想,赋予作品和女性人物更多空间和自由。 Feminist literature started late rather than rich in traditional roots, and more attention to the emotional development of women and moral preaching, few real expression of the heart of the writer and the female characters in a sub-cultural status. Martha Quest, an early work by Doris Lessing, broke through the masculinity of mainstream men’s culture and traditions, boldly telling her feelings and thoughts in the field of feminine literature, And female characters more space and freedom.