An Ecological Interpretation of The Call of the Wild 对《野性的呼唤》的生态主义解读开题报告
2020-04-18 20:05:48
1. 研究目的与意义(文献综述包含参考文献)
The Call of the Wild is Jack London's famous novella. It is the most qualified work in the history of American literature to be called a world famous book, and is included in the must-read bibliography of the university liberal arts. So there will be many people to study this novel. A number of theses have discussed the novel. Of course, some people also studied from an ecological perspective. The paper ”Comparing the Call of the Wild and the Cocoa Sili Wolf from the Perspective of Ecological Literary Criticism” was written by ShaoLianlian(2017). From the perspective of ecological literary criticism, the work compared the two works of Call of the Wild and Cocoa Seri Wolf, including contradictions and conflicts between humans and animals, common criticism of greedy humanity, and finally appealed to people to pay attention to the ecological environment. Respect for life. Realize the harmonious coexistence between man and nature, man and animal, and realize the sustainable development of man on earth. The paper ”Interpretation of Ecological Consciousness in Call of the Wild” was written by OuSijia(2014). The author wrote in three levels. Firstly, it expounded the phenomenon of ecological imbalance in the novel, which was written from two aspects: natural ecological imbalance and social spiritual ecological imbalance. Then it discussed the rescue of ecology. Finally, in order to save the balance between man and man, between man and nature, between man and society, return to nature, control desire, return to harmony and equality, and call for people to establish correct ecological awareness. The paper ”An Interpretation of the Ecological Theme of Man and Nature in The Call of the Wild#8217;”was wrtten by ZhaoXin(2013). This paper attempted to explore and analyze the ecological thought from the perspective of the ultimate concern of ecocriticism, and explored the master of the primitive wilderness, Bucker, who succumbed to the law of the jungle and returned to the primitive wilderness through modern civilization. After suffering and nine deaths, he achieved the breakthrough and transcendence in the desperate life. Finally, he pursued the "the true meaning of human ultimate care." There are many papers that analyzed the Call of the Wild from an ecological perspective. Most people first introduced the theory of ecological literature, and then elaborated the ecological consciousness embodied in The Call of the Wild. I found that very few people only elaborated on the ecological concept around the protagonist "Buck." Therefore, from the perspective of ecological literature, this paper focused on the the experience of protagonist "Buck" to explain the wildness of "Buck" and its relationship with nature.
2. 研究的基本内容、问题解决措施及方案
Firstly, I read the original work of Jack London. But in order to have a general understanding of the contents of the whole book, I first went to read the Chinese version.. Then I read the original, to understand the language and plot charm in the work, to get to know better about the author. In order to deepen my impression of the whole work, I also went online to find the relevant film and film records of this work. Because watching a movie helps to show the readers the thrilling scenes in the work. This could leave a deeper impression on the reader. I found that the novel had been adapted into film in 1992, and later in 1997. Because it is difficult to find this version of the movie in 1992, I chose to watch the 1997 version, obtaining a clear mind of the main plots of the novel, as well as the impression of the main characters. Secondly, after reading the relevant works and the film and television works, I went to the China Knowledge Network and the school library system to search for relevant research, especially the research from an ecological perspective. I probably learned about the research of this work and found that many people analyzed this work from different angles. There are also some people who, like me, studied this work from the perspective of ecological literature. I have collected quite more information about this work, which was conductive to my thesis structure. With the information I had, I started to figure out the thesis structure. The Call of the Wild is a classic masterpiece of Jack London and a masterpiece of American literary ecological novels. In this novel, the author's unique ecological theory is that human beings should live in harmony with nature and animals, and avoid blind and extreme anthropocentrism. Finally, I came up with the primary outline of my paper. Since Jack London#8217;s unique background in life and his contribution to the American literary world, the first chapter of my thesis was the introduction to the author, the background of The Call of the Wild, and the content of the work The Call of the Wild, and The second chapter of my thesis was the literature review. The analysis of the reflection of the ecological literature in Buck's experience was in the third chapter, and then followed the conclusion chapter.