蓝色乌托邦——生态批评视域下的《水孩子》

The Blue Utopia: The Interpretation of The Water Babies from the Perspective of Ecological Criticism

英国作家查尔斯·金斯利的《水孩子》不仅仅是一个关于儿童成长的童话故事,更是一个充满了生态智慧的文本,其中所描绘的海洋世界象征着作者理想中的生态和谐之境。金斯利将对工业革命的反思落脚于对人性的反思之上,重点批判了扭曲的欲望及"人类中心主义",并借汤姆"死亡—重生"的历程,揭示出人性完善对于生态和谐的重要意义。

Charles Kingsley＇s The Water Babies is not only a fairy tale about Tom＇s adventures, but also a text containing ecological wisdom. The author depicted a harmonious scene in the sea world, which symbolizes the utopia in his mind. In addition, Kingsley criticized the distorted desire of human beings and the ＂anthropocentrism＂. The introspection of humanity is the most important thing within the author＇s reflection of the industrial civilization. Through the death-rebirth of Tom, Kingsley emphasizes that, only by keeping the spiritual balance can human beings arrive in the blue utopia.