A Critical Biography Of Rachel Carson

In the progress of ecoliterature,Rachel Carson played an important role as a milestone.She confronted the trend of destroying ecological environment solely, which has caused the ecological boom in American and even all over the world.She altered the course of history and turned the orientation of human being.In the 20~th century,there is no other ecologist,eco-litterateur or eco-philosopher could compete with Carson in the influence.However,as such an important writer,the research about her works in China isn't comprehensive.This thesis discusses her life with her works.It depicts her interrelated life,work events,and it starts from her works of different periods,in order to form a comprehensive comment and summery about the development of her ecological ideology.With the combination of these two aspects,I try to form a comprehensive critical biography about Carson.The first chapter starts with Carson's family background and discusses her mother's influence on her formation of attitude toward nature as well as Carson's several teachers who had affected her decisions to get involved into ecoliterature.The second chapter discusses her three works about the sea in her early life and Sense of Wonder which was published after her death,and tried to analyze her ecological ideology in these works as well as to clear up the development thread.The third chapter mostly analyzes and comments on Carson's representative work Silent Spring primarily,and mostly discusses the ecological ideology contained in this work,and last reveals this work's great impact and contribution to American and the whole world.The part of conclusion concludes Carson's merits and influences.