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"Genesis" Under The Ecological Perspetive

Posted on:2013-05-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:P LinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330374983645Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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In the "Genesis", we can find the aspect of anthropocentrism, but it still contains a lot of ecological thinking. To researching the ecological perspective in "Genesis", first, according to the imagery of earth, garden of Eden and other ecological thinking,like rest system, then summarize the imagery of natural substance,and next show there is still having original imagery in the genesis, explore the symbol and meaning of these images given. Because of fearing God and the sublime, the readers may produce natural aesthetic. Because of natural aesthetic, reflecting the natural values, in the end the nature can be protected well. At least, put forward to how we can have the ecological ways back to nature, from the eco-prospects in genesis. That is from the God-contact aesthetic experience, getting the freedom under the divinity. This is a solution to the eco-crisis.From re-covenant to renai equal between the species, finding the paradi in the sesensuous and spiriture, show the mercy to the substance and the world. And then, in the genesis,the heavy rain, the big thunder and light, the big wind, these can produce very huge things in their mental mind, so the sublime and fearing comes out. So sublime and natural imagery exenterate,it can cause reaction of mixture of awe, like the fearing experience in the religion,with God produced the terror and fearing-feeling.As the eco-literature developing, the importance of Bible grows up, some critize it, some do research its eco-thinking. Most are from a religious point of view to explain, that is eco-theology. The mystery and surprise caused by supernatural in the bible is not diminished. On the contrary, this kind of mystery and surprise still let reader and God in the text have a long psychological distance. This psychological distance can produce a kind of mystery, maybe it can derivative a soul in the world, which is the mystery of nature. But how can achieve this mistrial effection? It is through defamiliarization.Finding the garden of Eden, Getting rid of earthly troubles, returning to the Garden, is a return of eco-aesthetic.
Keywords/Search Tags:Genesis, Awe, Sublime, Ecology
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