Hector Hugo Munro(best known by his pen name Saki)is generally categorized as a master of short story who wrote witty and occasionally macabre stories that satirized hypocrisies and pretensions of Edwardian British so...Hector Hugo Munro(best known by his pen name Saki)is generally categorized as a master of short story who wrote witty and occasionally macabre stories that satirized hypocrisies and pretensions of Edwardian British society.However,one of the most prominent features of his short stories is that they are imbued with various animal characters,and his central positioning of the animal characters provides us a new perspective to interpret the relationship between animals and human beings.In Deleuze(and Guatari)’s philosophical thoughts and literary criticism,Becoming is of great importance.In Saki’s short story Serdni Vashtar,through Becoming-animal,the protagonist Conradin designed a beautiful line of flight and achieved his deterritorialization.Through his deterritorialization,he succeeded in getting rid of his cousin’s control and enhancing his molecular power to fight against the molar power of his cousin.Thus,the aim of this paper is to analyze the reasons and potential powers of Conradin’s becoming-animal,uncover the significance of Becoming in the current post-humanist context and explore a new form of relationship between human beings and animals from the perspective of Becoming-animal.展开更多
Imagery analysis is a commonly used analytical method in literary analysis.In Angela Carter’s work,the image of wolves is particularly prominent.Her“Werewolf Tetralogy”rewrites traditional culture and subverts trad...Imagery analysis is a commonly used analytical method in literary analysis.In Angela Carter’s work,the image of wolves is particularly prominent.Her“Werewolf Tetralogy”rewrites traditional culture and subverts traditional consciousness,and is the research object of many scholars.Starting from the analysis of the wolf image in The Company of Wolves,this paper uses Deleuze’s Becoming-Animal Theory to explore the construction of harmony between nature,humans and gender relations in The Company of Wolves.展开更多
文摘Hector Hugo Munro(best known by his pen name Saki)is generally categorized as a master of short story who wrote witty and occasionally macabre stories that satirized hypocrisies and pretensions of Edwardian British society.However,one of the most prominent features of his short stories is that they are imbued with various animal characters,and his central positioning of the animal characters provides us a new perspective to interpret the relationship between animals and human beings.In Deleuze(and Guatari)’s philosophical thoughts and literary criticism,Becoming is of great importance.In Saki’s short story Serdni Vashtar,through Becoming-animal,the protagonist Conradin designed a beautiful line of flight and achieved his deterritorialization.Through his deterritorialization,he succeeded in getting rid of his cousin’s control and enhancing his molecular power to fight against the molar power of his cousin.Thus,the aim of this paper is to analyze the reasons and potential powers of Conradin’s becoming-animal,uncover the significance of Becoming in the current post-humanist context and explore a new form of relationship between human beings and animals from the perspective of Becoming-animal.
文摘Imagery analysis is a commonly used analytical method in literary analysis.In Angela Carter’s work,the image of wolves is particularly prominent.Her“Werewolf Tetralogy”rewrites traditional culture and subverts traditional consciousness,and is the research object of many scholars.Starting from the analysis of the wolf image in The Company of Wolves,this paper uses Deleuze’s Becoming-Animal Theory to explore the construction of harmony between nature,humans and gender relations in The Company of Wolves.
