英国当代著名作家伊恩·麦克尤恩自开始创作以来,就在其作品中直接或间接地对生态问题进行了描写,表达了其对地球和人类命运的关注与焦虑。在其早期作品中,麦克尤恩讨论了核战争的威胁并对父权制思想进行了挑战;《时间中的孩子》将气候变暖这一话题引入叙事之中,同时继续了对父权制的批判,被誉为“绿色寓言”;其新作《日光》以环境危机为背景,对生态问题和人性进行了思考,引起了读者和学界对这一问题的广泛关注。 Since the beginning of creation, Ian McEwan, a famous British contemporary writer, has directly or indirectly described the ecological issues in his works and expressed his concern and anxiety about the fate of Earth and mankind. In his early works, McEwan discussed the threat of nuclear war and challenged the patriarchal ideology; “children in time” introduced the topic of warming to narrative while continuing the critique of patriarchy, It is praised as “Green Allegory ”. The new book “Nikko” made a consideration of ecological problems and human nature with the background of environmental crisis, arousing widespread concern of readers and academics on this issue.