The Poetical Interpretation Of Eco-critical Values

The tendency of"eco-criticism"as a cultural and literary review began to thrive in the middle of the twentieth century with its focus on the relationship between man and nature. Its fundamental feature is:"Through literature review to re-evaluate the human culture so as to conduct cultural criticism -- to explore how human's thought, culture and social development modes influence or even determine the nature of human attitudes and behavior, leading to the deterioration of the environment and ecological crisis.""The Green interpretation"with broader horizon which takes"Eco-criticism"as its theoretical base provides readers with a new perspective in appreciating literary works so as to help readers gain a new and fresh cognitive and aesthetic experience filled with the splendor of ecological wisdom. Frost has been well-renowned as the"New England pastoral poet"and his subject of nature poetry has been the focus of attention to many critics. However, few people have conducted a systematic and in-depth"green interpretation"of Frost's poetry from the perspective of literary and cultural criticism tendency. This dissertation, based on eco-criticism as the cornerstone theory, attempts to demonstrate the in-depth eco-critical values in Frost's poetry by adopting an integrated approach of interdisciplinary studies, close textual reading of Frost's poetry and the classic Western literary theories.The whole dissertation is composed of an introduction, 3 chapters and a conclusion.The introduction part firstly introduces popular remarks about Frost's poetry and then briefly comments on nature theme of Frost's poetry at home and abroad and finally introduces the concept of"green interpretation of poetry texts".Chapter one primarily explores the eco-philosophical propositions constructed in Frost's poetry which include deconstruction of the traditional dualism, construction of eco-ethical concepts, deconstruction of anthropocentrism from the cultural perspective and construction of eco-feminism.Chapter two primarily discusses eco-poetical proposition constructed in Frost's poetry. The proposition of poetical dwelling in Frost's poetry is mainly embodied in nature writing, natural musicality and construction of spiritual home.Chapter three primarily discusses the aesthetical proposition constructed in Frost's poetry which not only reveals the principles of being natural, being holistic and being harmonious in eco-aesthetics but also endows readers with the aesthetical senses of being mysterious and awe-inspiring, spiritual beauty as well as hazy beauty.The conclusion puts forward the main viewpoints of this dissertation, that is, Frost's plain poetry explains the profound earth ethical proposition, philosophical proposition, the faith proposition, poetry and the aesthetic proposition issues and the mission of green interpretation is to cultivate readers'mind, create an eco-culture and an eco-faith.