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Subversion, Of The Noble Nature Of The Civilization Of Mankind

Posted on:2011-06-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H DuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360305495949Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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William Golding is a famous British writer in the 20th century,he had written many works all of his life, particularly got brilliant achievements of literature in the novel creation. "Lord of the Flies" is the most famous novel of him, it help him get The Nobel Prize for literature in 1983."Lord of the Flies, published in the occasion that is the era of East-West Cold War heated, the shadow of nuclear war with the world, many people think of nuclear weapons will not only to bring direct harm humans, but also think of the event after the outbreak of nuclear war What will be the state of the survivors to survive, it is in such an age achievement of the "Lord of the Flies," "evil humanity" theme. In the "Lord of the Flies", the author boldly predicted the possible history of this terrible chapter, which caters to people worried about the consequences of nuclear war and the need to think. So, when this work after the official publication, received a great response and was repeated several times published. As an important representative of Golding's "Lord of the Flies", the performance of the author of human nature has been the result of exploration and thinking, he will human b(?)ings as a source of evil, the evil attributed to it and the social, institutional, system, and saying very different lead to better re-examine its own human beings. The author of "Lord of the Flies," the theme of humanity, mainly from the following fronts.The preface introduces its representative Golding "Lord of the Flies", that the novel embodies a run through the main line Golding important works-the "evil human nature," reveal and discuss the theme, with Golding to fame in the literary world, his masterpiece "Lord of the Flies," the research has gradually in-depth and rich, it follows the author of "Lord of the Flies" Current research and the purpose and significance of this paper to make a brief summary and description.The first chapter of a British "desert island fiction" and "Lord of the Flies" island of its succession of plot in "Trilogy", based on the traditional themes of rebellion and subversion. Desert island in the "Lord of the Flies" island early literature is no longer a "paradise for adventurers," but rather an expression of the theme of the carrier; "desert island" the art of symbols and special markers mapping of Western society was democratic politics, reflects the writer and the deep sense of vulnerability to Western civilization vulnerable to the relentless revelation of human nature depicted desert island free from civilization to barbarism, "becoming evil" process.The second chapter of "Lord of the Flies" in the "evil human nature," a concrete expression of the theme, the author mainly from the author's tragic sense of deep, subtle ecological thinking and the Bible, culture, three aspects of this reversal, indicating the "Lord of the Flies" is not only subversive the traditional concept of civil society on human nature, is singing the "darkness of human nature," Elegy. Golding humanity through the dark, the deep evil of their own ruthless revealed to depict the West after World WarⅡstate of human existence, to explore human nature, human and social relations, such as barbaric and civilized human face problems.The third chapter explains the reasons for the formation of Golding theme of human nature and the "Lord of the Flies," the authors explore the meaning of human nature. "Lord of the Flies" is a profound social background and literary tradition written succession, and at the same time, with strong sense of moral responsibility as a writer, Golding is not limited to simply the problem of human nature, he also works out in the "curring society" prescription, implies thinking of the salvation of human society, which is the author of commitment to the social significance of human nature.
Keywords/Search Tags:Lord of the Flies, humanity, tragedy consciousness, ecological ideology, salvation
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