Research On "oscar And Lucinda" From The Perspective Of Chaos Theory

"Oscar and Lucinda" is Peter Carey’s first Booker Award-winning novel and one of his most prestigious novels.It is also included in the "Classic" by Harold Bloom."Bibliography" is of great research value.At the same time,as an important concept of literary criticism in the 21 st century,Chaos Theory blurs the boundary between natural sciences and humanities.It provides a new tool for problem solving and a new perspective for thinking about complex problems,breaking Newton’s The linear way of thinking that has dominated and dominated the world since mechanics.Whether it is the "non-linear" narrative of "Oscar and Lucinda",or the fate of the characters and the historical fate of the aborigines described in the novel,it reflects the random contingency,uncertainty and complexity contained in the chaos theory.This thesis attempts to interpret Oscar and Lucinda from the perspective of chaos theory and provide new ideas for current research.The structure of the paper is as follows:The first chapter is divided into two parts.The first part introduces the "chaos theory" and demonstrates the rationality of the use of "chaos theory" in literary criticism,and explains the significance of "Oscar and Lucinda" from the perspective of chaos theory.The second part analyzes the characteristics of the narrative structure and narrative content of the novel as a whole from the perspective of chaos theory,and attempts to investigate the reader’s reading experience and the author’s narrative as an independent overall event to "poke" the author’s game to readers and identify The author’s intentions-"uncertain narrator" and "reader of the game",thus revealing the novel’s "chaotic" characteristics in narrative.The second chapter is divided into three parts.From the angles of "butterfly effect" and "singular attractor",the uncertainty of personal destiny is analyzed around the triangle relationship Oscar,Miriam and Lucinda at the core of the novel.The first part,starting from the change of Oscar’s ideology and consciousness by the impact of accidental events,traces the "initial sensitive conditions" of Oscar’s fate tragedy,then starts with the important metaphor of "chaos" in chaos theory,and analyzes "gambling" as a probable event.The turning of Oscar’s fate played a decisive role.Finally,the analysis of the tragedy of Oscar’s fate from the subversion of the existing order was the result of its struggle,giving Oscar a new meaning of "gambler psychology".The second part,starting from the strange attractor,examines the performance of the strange attractor as a scientific concept in the novel,analyzes the "magic" fate that Miriam has been shrouded in the death of loved ones,and then discusses with Oscar The "fraud" combination of Miriam unexpectedly opened a new chapter in life.The third part,starting from the important proposition "free will" put forward by the chaos theory,analyzes the important role of the glass factory as a "bridge between chaos and civilization" in Lucinda’s awakening of female consciousness."The emerging society" gives Lucinda’s status flow in the "vague male society" with greater space and possibility,and her resistance to the predestined fate and free will allow her to become a labor representative after being defeated in life..The third chapter starts with the complexity of chaos theory andself-organization theory to analyze how Carey rewrote the history of the aborigines by subverting the traditional image of the empire hero and deconstructing the narrator’s mother’s "empire narrative" and how to show and tell."The destruction of aboriginal culture by the invasion of Christian civilization" is an important theme.From the perspective of chaos theory,this thesis does not separate the author’s writing skills and the theme content of the novel.It combines the narrative content and narrative structure of "Oscar and Lucinda".By analyzing the "non-linear narrative" characteristics of the novel text,personal fate The contingency,randomness,uncertainty,and passive historical fate choice of the aborigines provide new understanding for the study of "Oscar and Lucinda" and new practice for the specific application of chaos theory in the field of literature.