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Animal Ethics In "The MaddAddam Trilogy"

Posted on:2020-07-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330578969351Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Margaret Atwood is regarded as the“Queen of Literature in Canada".There are not only many kinds of writing techniques,but also expressing the practical significance through her over sixty literature works and they are considered as highly thought-provoking.She thinks deeply about Canada as a post-colonial country and cares about the current living situation and psychological characteristic among female,as well as,explores the relationship between human and nature.All of the related researches demonstrate her social responsibilities as a writer.The paper excerpts Oryx and Crake,The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam as the research target which are written in 21th Centuiy as "Dystopian Trilogy"and it does research from three aspects including the contents,social backgrounds and writing characteristics and meanings based on the animal ethics.Firstly,it explores presenting modes of the animal ethics by analyzing animals’ existence forms,their scenes of life and the relationships between human and animals.Secondly,it studies the social factors of promoting shaping of the animal ethics from consumer society,modern technology and spiritual civilization.Finally,it concludes the writing methods of the animal ethics,its specific opinions and writing meanings by combining other related works.The study aims to explain the contents deeply and further fully explore its social values behind the text and the whole paper composed is under the aspects of plenty of text analysis and interdisciplinary views.
Keywords/Search Tags:Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam Trilogy, Animals Ethics
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