Imagination Of Human Community In Literature

In an era when humans urgently need to form a community to cope with global crises,the appeal to the human community has become stronger and stronger,and this appeal has received a solemn response in science fiction literature.From the perspective of the development history of science fiction literature,excellent science fiction continues to focus on the common destiny of mankind,showing a global vision and values.Asimov’s Foundation series and Liu Cixin’s Three-Body Problem series are such masterpieces of science fiction.The Foundation series describes the unification of humanity from the Galactic Empire to the Gaia system,while the Three-Body Problem series continued and expand the imagination of the human community in The Foundation series by described the history of humanity’s future that they move towards unity under the pressure of the three-body crisis.Firstly,the Three-Body Problem series inherited the imagination of the human community of Foundation series from many aspects: on the background,using the large-scale time and space as the stage,eliminated the boundaries between nations or countries and the existence of the human community is highlighted;On the plot,imagined the process of human beings combine together and moving towards unity,described and deduce the formation process of the human community;on the character image,portrayed the "superheroes" that surpassed national interests,and making they the symbol of human community.Secondly,when Liu Cixin imagines the human community on the basis of Chinese history and culture,the differentiation of their imagine will be inevitable and shows rich historical connotation and characteristics of the times.In the Foundation series,the human community will be reached through expansion and mergers.The hero in the novel is a typical American individualist hero,and Asimov hold a positive attitude toward the future of human community.In the Three-Body Problem series,the human community is passively be seen.And Liu Cixin is both yearning for and pessimistic about the future of the human community,which makes his novel expansive and reflective.The hero images are normal people who would finally change into typical saint in China,which shows unique Chinese characteristics of Chinese science fiction literature when compared to the west.These differences has its multiple cultural roots and inclusiveness.Western culture emphasizes the conquest of the world or the unification of humanity through war and conflict,while the spirit of Chinese traditional culture is pursuing coordinating the world and try to avoid conflicts;while Asimov stands on the First World empire experience,Liu Cixin was grew up from the experience of the Third World;the individual-centered culture in West world believes more in the power of individuals and advocates individual freedom,and Chinese culture think highly of collectivism and praise the heroes who sacrificed himself for the community.These differences in expression and cultural roots provide a text for exploring the imagination of human community and a breakthrough for the construction of human community.From the comparison between the Foundation series and the Three-Body Problem series,it can be found that whether in China or the West,one of the unique values of science fiction is to focus on the humanity’s future in the visual angle of human community.However,due to the existence of historical and cultural differences,and richness of future direction,the imagination of the human community should not be constructed by only one mode of thinking.Especially when all humanity confronting increasingly serious global crisis,Chinese science fiction that has been absent for a long time should be aware of the unique significance of Chinese culture and Chinese experience while studying Western science fiction.For Chinese science fiction,on the one hand,it should dare to bear the responsibility of imagining the future of all mankind,and on the other hand,it should provides Chinese wisdom and experience to help creating human community.