| Many of Don DeLillo's novels express his concerns with ecological crises.He points out that the crises lie in mankind who take nature as subordinate.Studying Players(1977)White Noise(1985)and Cosmopolis(2003)as a combination from the perspective of ecocriticism helps to understand DeLillo's thoughts on man-nature relationship comprehensively.Taking natural,social and spiritual ecology into account,this thesis explores the depictions of silent nature,consumerist society,nightmare-like cities with mass media and robot-like human beings in the three novels.Since human consciousness plays a vital part in people's attitude toward nature,the final chapter briefly maps out some suggestions inferred from the texts for human beings to improve themselves and to reestablish a harmonious relationship with nature. |
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