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Perspective Of Criticism And Foreseeability From Shinichi Hoshi's Works

Posted on:2019-12-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2428330545966545Subject:Japanese Language and Literature
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Taking the opportunity of James Watt's improved steam engine in the 18th century,Britain began the industrial revolution.Since then,the machine has replaced the human labor force and the Western counties have entered the modern capitalist economy and society.People came out of faith in the church of God and began to face the problems of life and nature,and were keen to learn advanced scientific knowledge.Karel Chapek used the term "robot" for the first time in his SF drama"R.U.R." which released in 1920 and premiered in the second year.Since then,the term "robot" has become a symbol of the existence of SF literary works.The "robot" has also appeared many times in the works of Sinichi,whom called "the god of miniature novels." In the works,Sinichi hoshi expanded the meaning of the term "robot" by using "robots","indirectly criticizing civilization" and "foreseeing the future."In this paper,firstly,analysis the study and then classified into three aspects:"study on Sinichi hoshi's works appearing in textbooks","study on works with fable meanings in Sinichi hoshi's books" and "study on works by themed with 'robot'".Secondly,conduct and analysis themed by "robot"among the books of Sinichi hoshi's works.To discuss the reasons of several times appearance of "robot" in Sinichi hoshi's woks,basing on complying with the three principles,which are "obey human,no crime,self-preservation",and by researching Sinichi hoshi's life and modern social issues.It seems that the "robot" appearing a lot in Sinichi hoshi's books is created by human being's conscious and tagged by omnipotent,however,the deficiency appears in detail.The reason is human beings feel"Satisfaction" and "Fear" at the same time about machine civilizations.The"robot" in Sinichi Hoshi's work is created under such a psychological contradiction.Human beings who create "omnipotent robot",some feel satisfied by getting profit from it,some feel higher than others by making out "robot",meanwhile,some others are dominated by high-performance"robot" and feel scared by murder incident.No matter how time flies,this human psychology contradiction criticized by Sinichi Hoshi is unaffected by time.Even Sinichi Hoshi wrote these books half century ago,they are still accepted by readers and this proved that there is predictability for future in Sinichi Hoshi's books.
Keywords/Search Tags:Robot, Sinichi Hoshi, Machine civilization, worship, rely, greedy, fear
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