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The Concern And Rethinking Of Human Beings' Existence

Posted on:2009-04-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X R BaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360245476620Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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There is a small stream which is Utopia and dystopia novels in the western literature history. These novels think about the existence of human being with special perspective which the former designs a brilliant future optimistically and the latter tells us pessimistically that the Utopian ideal with high-tech will bring us the fear and hazard and expresses the concern of the existence of human being.The paper discusses dystopia novels from the inheritance relationship between the Utopia and dystopia novels, the connotation and the awareness of reconsideration of the dystopia novels within English Utopia and dystopia novels.There are three parts in the paper. The introduction and the concluding remarks are at the beginning and the end of the paper. The introduction part mainly sorts the research status at home and abroad from 1980s' and points out that both the Utopia novels and the dystopia novels, whose research are the concern and rethinking to the existence of human being and are the pursuit of the true life. However, because the research are in the edge situation, it is necessary to be studied seriously and thoroughly.Part One sorts the development history of the English utopia and dystopia novels and shows that there is an inheritance relationship between the Utopia and dystopia novels. As a branch of the Utopia novels, the dystopia novels describe and reveal the society and life negatively, which themselves are not anti-utopia.Part Two reveals the connotation of the dystopia novels and realizes its concern of the existence of human being according to the close reading the English dystopia novels.Part Three explains the awareness of reconsideration of technology, ecology and super politics in English dystopia novels and reveals its value beginning with its significance of criticism to the society.The concluding remarks summarize the main content of the essay and further expound simply the reality and modernity. Furthermore, through the appearance of the other countries' dystopia novels, the dystopia novels are of momentous significance.
Keywords/Search Tags:England, dystopia, novels, self-alienation, paradox of freedom, awareness of reconsideration
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