The Dualism Of Ursula K. Le Guin's Science Fictions

Ursula K. Le Guin is a very important writer of the New Wave in the U.S.A.,and is one of a few science fiction writers who has been recognized by the mainstream of the literature field. Ursula K. Le Guin has won numerous prizes and has been successful in many different kinds of genres. She has published seventeen novels, eleven works of children literature, over one hundred short stories, two books of essay collection collaborated with other scholars, six poet works, three translation and drama, which has fully shown Ursula's diversity as a writer.There are plenty of research materials on Ursula K. Le Guin, however, few research has been done on this writer in Mainland China. According to this situation, this dissertation tries to start the research with Ursula K. Le Guin's science fictions. So it takes the writer's two symbolic works for instance:The Left Hand of Darkness and The Telling, analyzes and evaluates the dualism of Le Guin's science fictions, so as to complement the research on this writer in China.This dissertation analyzes the dualism of Le Guin's science fictions from four aspects. The first chapter illustrates the connection between the writer and American science fiction history and the inner meaning of dualism in Le Guin's science fictions, i.e. the pursuit of balance and harmony on the basis of separation, as well as the consistent manifestation of dualism in her works.The second chapter explores three main themes about the dualism. The third chapter focuses on the art techniques of manifesting the duality, in order to show the unique style of Le Guin's science fictions. The fourth chapter concludes the reasons of the dualism and the value of Le Guin's science fictions, makes objective evaluation of Le Guin's science fictions and her status in the aspect of soft science fiction and postmodernism literature.