A Study Of The Narrative Art Of Seton's Animal Novels

Canadian writer Ernest Thompson Seton(1860—1946),known as the "father of modern animal fiction", created a new style of animal novel, and has won a lofty position that no one can shake in the history of world literature. The paper studies the narrative art of Seton?s nimal novels, and explores the creative thoughts of Seton. The thesis includes three parts: introduction, main body and the conclusion.The introduction part expounds the definition and development of animal novels. The thesis introduces the works of Seton and domestic animal novels translated and published, briefly reviews the research status of animal novels and Seton, scholars at home and abroad, and points out the research methods and research significance.The main body part is from the first chapter to the fourth chapter, as the "general chapter" structure, the detailed description is following:The first chapter is the general chapter. This chapter concentrates on the study of Seton's animal novel?s narrative perspective, which compares to the previous animal novel of writers, and Seton?s changes in writers animal fiction creation method and thought. Specifically, the focus of the western meal, in addition to survival problems before the animal, also relates to the living circumstances of human beings, and the focus of Seton?s showing animal and human survival in the paradoxical relationship. In addition, to resolve these paradoxes, Seton's attitude is positive. Seton esta blished the animal's main body status and moral status, and believed that the initiative in deciding the relationship between the two is human. Seton revealed and criticized the confrontation between human and animals, at the same time, he had a good vision for the harmony between human beings and animals. This chapter lays the foundation for the following research.The second and the third chapter probe into Seton?s thoughts of the relationship of human beings and animals. Specifically, the second chapter,through the research of Seton animal novel?s narrative structure, reveals that Seton contains one of the creative thinking, namely in the relationship between human and animal, which is that human should not only respect the choice and value of animal, but also should maintain the concept of equality and integrity.The third chapter analyzes the language of Seton?s animal novels. The language of Seton?s animal novels is spiritual, authentic and scientific. It shows Seton's further reflection on the relationship between human and animal. That is to say, the human should take the initiative to close to the animal, to take the animal seriously, to take the initiative to understand the animal.The fourth chapter is a summary chapter. This chapter studies the causes of Seton?s creative thinking. Seton?s creative thinking is the product of the age factor, the author factor and the cultural factor.The conclusion part summarizes this thesis, reiterates the important position in animal novels in Seton, and looks forward to further study academic animal novels of Seton.