论《羚羊与秧鸡》中人性与动物性的共生思想

Beyond Rationality:Symbiosis of Humanity and Animality in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake

本文以《羚羊与秧鸡》为主探讨阿特伍德作品中人性和动物性的生态共生思想。论文首先论述了人性与理性的困惑,阐述了作者对理性至上的反讽,指出对理性的疯狂崇拜所造成的价值观和伦理观的偏离和失衡。其次,探讨了对理性的崇拜导致的人性缺失以及作品中唤醒人类对动物记忆的呼声,指出文化的使命并非是对动物性的彻底摒除,而是实现人性和动物性的生态共生。最后论述了作品中动物性的多元态思想,指出人性本质上包含了被人类话语排斥在外的动物性多元身份,这和德里达的animot形成了呼应,即人类应当回归人作为动物的多元态而不是一元存在。因此,《羚羊与秧鸡》是一部关于人性与动物性统一共生的生态文本,阿特伍德借此做出了对人性和动物性本质的深刻思索,表达了她对后人类未来的关怀。

Margaret Atwood＇s Oryx and Crake provides a philosophical reflection on the interactions between humanity and animality. The author emphasizes the importance of animality in humanity by blurring the boundary between man and monster as typified in the quandary of Snowman in the story. Man＇s excessive worship of rationality results not only in the separation of animality from humanity, but also in the total abnegation of animality and a hierarchy built on anthropocentrism. By drawing upon Nietzsche＇s and Denida＇s thoughts on animality, this paper explores the relationship between humanity and animality and argues that the novel advocates the plurality of animal existence by suggesting a new paradigm for understanding humanity. It suggests that only by making room for animality can we find meaning in mankind＇s progress.