Toni Morrison’s works have the common theme of exploring the history,destiny and spiritual world of black people.Spirit accounts for a vital part in all her novels.The same is true of Song of Solomon,whose major male...Toni Morrison’s works have the common theme of exploring the history,destiny and spiritual world of black people.Spirit accounts for a vital part in all her novels.The same is true of Song of Solomon,whose major male and female characters are living in spiritual predicament.The present thesis is to analyze the ecological thoughts contained in this novel from the perspective of spiritual ecological theory,and based on that,suggest some ways to deal with spiritual disease.展开更多
The Scarlet Letter is one of the great works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who is considered as one of the greatest American novelists in 19th century. This paper concentrates on the patriarchal oppression of women and natu...The Scarlet Letter is one of the great works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who is considered as one of the greatest American novelists in 19th century. This paper concentrates on the patriarchal oppression of women and nature and analyses the interconnection between women and nature, exposing the crisis of natural and human spiritual ecology in order to search for the return of human nature.展开更多
Based on ecocriticism theory,this paper is to conduct a comprehensive discussion of Lawrence’s poetry from three aspects:natural ecology,social ecology and spiritual ecology,to explore the profound ecological philoso...Based on ecocriticism theory,this paper is to conduct a comprehensive discussion of Lawrence’s poetry from three aspects:natural ecology,social ecology and spiritual ecology,to explore the profound ecological philosophical implications contained in Lawrence’s poetry,and to expand the breadth and depth of the ecocriticism interpretation of Lowe’s poetry research.展开更多
I discuss the human need or drive for meaning （which I call ＂the Human Eros＂） and how this centers on various central or core meanings that become embodied so as to constitute definitive identities--identities of ...I discuss the human need or drive for meaning （which I call ＂the Human Eros＂） and how this centers on various central or core meanings that become embodied so as to constitute definitive identities--identities of self, group, culture, and world. 1 call these ＂mythoi＂ （and not ＂myths＂ insofar as their key feature is their importance and value--＂myth＂ carries with it the distracting association of ＂falsehood,＂ especially ＂unscientific falsehood;＂ science is loaded with its mythoi like everything else.） These mythoi must be embodied experientially and in cultural habits, actions, rituals, i.e., praxeis, in order to renew and reconstitute a sense of meaning and value in existence. That is, mythoi serve the Human Eros. These mythoi employ tropes or cultural types as structural principles. Tropes themselves tend to group in various relational patterns and tensions that I call ＂constellations.＂ Much of the ＂play of signs＂ in cultural creation lies in exploring, clarifying, and even antagonizing these relations as ways of deepening the world of meaning. ＂Play＂ explores possibilities, beginning with given actualities. It may explore relations that remain distant from the core of a culture＇s or individual＇s self-understanding. But it may approach and, at times, directly engage core meanings and values, possibly transforming them.展开更多
文摘Toni Morrison’s works have the common theme of exploring the history,destiny and spiritual world of black people.Spirit accounts for a vital part in all her novels.The same is true of Song of Solomon,whose major male and female characters are living in spiritual predicament.The present thesis is to analyze the ecological thoughts contained in this novel from the perspective of spiritual ecological theory,and based on that,suggest some ways to deal with spiritual disease.
文摘The Scarlet Letter is one of the great works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who is considered as one of the greatest American novelists in 19th century. This paper concentrates on the patriarchal oppression of women and nature and analyses the interconnection between women and nature, exposing the crisis of natural and human spiritual ecology in order to search for the return of human nature.
基金Acknowledgement:this paper is funded by Project:The final research result of“World Language and Culture Research”project of China Center for Language Planning and Policy Studies。
文摘Based on ecocriticism theory,this paper is to conduct a comprehensive discussion of Lawrence’s poetry from three aspects:natural ecology,social ecology and spiritual ecology,to explore the profound ecological philosophical implications contained in Lawrence’s poetry,and to expand the breadth and depth of the ecocriticism interpretation of Lowe’s poetry research.
文摘I discuss the human need or drive for meaning （which I call ＂the Human Eros＂） and how this centers on various central or core meanings that become embodied so as to constitute definitive identities--identities of self, group, culture, and world. 1 call these ＂mythoi＂ （and not ＂myths＂ insofar as their key feature is their importance and value--＂myth＂ carries with it the distracting association of ＂falsehood,＂ especially ＂unscientific falsehood;＂ science is loaded with its mythoi like everything else.） These mythoi must be embodied experientially and in cultural habits, actions, rituals, i.e., praxeis, in order to renew and reconstitute a sense of meaning and value in existence. That is, mythoi serve the Human Eros. These mythoi employ tropes or cultural types as structural principles. Tropes themselves tend to group in various relational patterns and tensions that I call ＂constellations.＂ Much of the ＂play of signs＂ in cultural creation lies in exploring, clarifying, and even antagonizing these relations as ways of deepening the world of meaning. ＂Play＂ explores possibilities, beginning with given actualities. It may explore relations that remain distant from the core of a culture＇s or individual＇s self-understanding. But it may approach and, at times, directly engage core meanings and values, possibly transforming them.
