The Natural Root Of The Literature

What is the origin of the vitality of literature? What have bred and nourished the literature? Where are the roots of the literature? All the time, many people, including writers and readers, were attracted by these interesting questions, and at the same time, their opinions were divided on these matters. Today, we, the human being, are face seriously ecological crisis, and in the meantime, the literature were forgotten by most people ,here, in this special context, I want to discuss the root of literature from the Vision of ecological research and eco-criticism. The literature is not just having relation to the humankind, but also it has a bearing on a much more important one, nature. In this dissertation,I will try to seek for the natural root of literature in various text , then I hope what I find in this course will contribute to make the harmonious relation between human being and nature come true.The dissertation consists of seven parts, there are the abstract.The part of foreword:Seeking for the natural root of the literature. On the background of ecological shifting of modern civilization, the nature is growing become the focus of people's attention. Because the literature has disregarded the nature for many years, it now has reached a crisis point. In this context, it is important to seek for the root of literature. The literary root is the spring of the life of literature. The movement of'Seeking literary roots'in 1980's was initiated by Han Shaogong and Li tuo who the writers wanted to rethink the problems of the traditional culture , and then to find the cultural resource of literature. From the viewing of eco-criticism, we will search for the ultimate source of the literature, that is to say, we may find the natural root of the literature.Chapter 1. The ecological crisis and the end of the literature. In fact, the culture of industry is a"culture of death", on the other hand ,and the living culture is a harmonious relationship between the human and the nature. Indeed, the humankind have demolished the former order in nature and destructed the ecology system and environment, thus what the human have done resulted in the crisis. In order to solve the crisis and create a brighter future, we should rebuild the living culture that rooted in nature, and then the contemporary arts should take up the mission of remedying spirituality. The problem of literary ending show a fact that the nature is the most important root of literature, and it will make literature young and living forever.Chapter 2. The second part of dissertation illustrated that nature is the root of the literature. At first, we should define'nature'again. From the ecological view, the nature is a harmonious community and a successful eco-system of all the living creatures. Study of ecological literature based on the ecological view of nature, revealed the ontology of'natural existentance'and methodology. On the meaning of existence, the nature nourished the spirit of art, and bred poetic soul, imagination, compassion and poetic language of expression. If the practice of literature complies with the law of nature, then we will create a new type of great literary works, and also be beneficial to the world literature.Chapter 3. The literature without root. The natural ecosystems'collapsing and the poverty of spirit caused depletion of the poetry, just like the soil become impoverishment. Today, the literature is gradually losing its soil, so we witness the atrophying of the creativity, the losing of the imagination, the deteriorating of the spirit of ecology. Something, such as excessive rationalism, pragmatism, utilitarianism, now blocked up the way to the freedom and the natural status of heart, and brought about the declining of the contemporary literature practice.Chapter 4.In order to restore the vitality and the creativity of the literature, and accumulate the literary spirit and artistic energy, we must protect natural root at first .It mainly includes three aspects: first of all, in order to restore the natural vitality we should deepen the ecological movement, to correct the human's attitudes involving the nature, to change the concept of nature, and we should try our best to reach a reconciliation with the nature; second, the writers should pay more attentions to ecological issues, and consciously draw in natural nutrients and the strength of spirit; the third , people should attach importance to use natural dimension, and promote literature and the spirit more natural by eco-criticism in literary interpretation.Chapter 5.Self-help and salvation of the literature. In this case, the literature must help itself at first, then take participate in saving the world actively. The reason of ecological crisis is the main culprit that caused the crisis in literature; the literature affected the ecology of the spirit of people falling of the modern world. At the same time, the mental crisis affected literature. Finally,the literature practice is a emotional activity, and the culture of life is nourished by the nature and the free life . Literal self-helping is back on the earth, roots in the origin of the meaning of the earth. Nature's laws are accommodation.'Culture of life'will work with the earth, with the health, and'the culture of death'is dead. Literal self-helping must be unity of responsibility, and it will save itself and the world simultaneously, and perfect the world and improve their own.In summary, from the vision of eco-criticism, we take seriously account of the current situation of the literary practice, and try to look for the future road of the humanity activates. In this dissertation, we will analyze our literature experiences on the past, be clear, and also examine the mistakes we have made. Trying to reveal the deep relationship between the literature and the nature, in addition to this, promoting the positive interaction between them that was something higher we aim.