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Doris Lessing's Science Fiction Research From The Perspective Of Ecofeminism

Posted on:2020-04-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330575963003Subject:Literature and art
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Science fiction is a kind of subliterary form in the novel genre.The essence of it is a science fiction,a typical type of literature on the modern society.David Sid,a professor of Liverpool at the University of Liverpool,once said:""The science fiction is based on the present,that is,any historical moment contains the expectation of the time itself and the tendency of the people of the time,and the future of science fiction must reflect the imagination dimension of the time itself."In the modrn society,the development speed of various new technologies,such as artificial intelligence,big data,genetic engineering,etc.,is so fast that the problem of ecological crisis is becoming more and more prominent.But the real value of science fiction is not to guide people to predict the future correctly,but to lead the reader to the province,The traditional definition of human and moral standards is challenged and abandoned.Although sci-fi literature is not the best way to predict the future,we can know which science fiction works exactly the future,but through the metaphor of great change,find a good way to explore how we should be saved,brave and careful to explore the unknown world.In recent years,there has been a great deal of attention to the ecological crisis in the field of science fiction.It is also represented by Doris Lessing undefineds science fiction.Doris Lessing is one of the most famous writers in the contemporary England,and has a very important position in the world literary world.She is not only the thirty-fourth Nobel Prize-winning,but also the first woman in the Nobel Prize for Literature.The science fiction produced by her,in addition to the creation of a colorful world of illusory,contains its reflection on the real world and the human future,and has strong times and sociality.In particular,she attached great importance to the internal contradictions of modern civilization.She also challenged the mainstream ideology in western culture,and revealed realistic problem,like ecological environment pollution,the gender conflict,the racial discrimination,the patriarchy and the despotism culture and so on.Using the logic of ecological feminism to criticize the ruling logic,the question is regarded as the rationalism and dualism of the traditional scenic spots,and advocates the harmony between man and nature,and the equality between man and man,and appeals to remould the human spirit value.Reading the science fiction from the angle of ecological feminism can more and more understand the science fiction of Lessing and the ecological idea behind it.The thesis is divided into five parts.The first part is the introduction part,in which the research source,the research method and the research purpose of the thesis are defined,and several key concepts are explained.The introduction points out the current situation of the lack of science fiction literature and its concern about the reality of ecological crisis,as well as the tendency of ecological feminism in Doris Lessing science fiction.The second is the creation of Doris Lessing's science fiction,including both the feminist movement in history and her own growth.The third part is Doris Lessing science fiction from the perspective of ecological feminism,including the relationship between man and nature,man and man.The relationship between man and nature includes the reflection of the anthropocentrism,the criticism of the industrial civilization,the longing for the poetic home,and the relationship between the human and the human being the expression of the awakening of the female and the expression of the utopian thought.By reading the text of its sci-fi works,this paper analyzes the reason of Doris Lessing supported ecological feminism.The fourth part is the real metaphor of Doris Lessing science fiction,including remolding human spirit,calling for social responsibility and calling for women's awakening.The fourth part is the real value of Doris Lessing's sci-fi works,including its influence on the science fiction literature,the influence on the female ecologism and its own limitation analysis.Finally,through the review of the full text,the author sums up the significance of the ecological feminist thought and the novel in Doris Lessing's science fiction.
Keywords/Search Tags:Doris Lessing, Science Fiction, Ecological Feminism
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