With the guidance of Erikson’s identity theory,the article analyzes the clones’identity exploration through role identification in Never Let Me Go.It interprets the clones’puzzlement about their identity,and the pr...With the guidance of Erikson’s identity theory,the article analyzes the clones’identity exploration through role identification in Never Let Me Go.It interprets the clones’puzzlement about their identity,and the process of their identity quest as well as role identification.Through the specific analysis,it is concluded that the clones,represented by Kathy,Tommy and Ruth,have gained self-certainty and social identity by realizing the role identity as a“carer”and a“donor”,in the meantime,they have constructed their identity as social persons with souls like ordinary people.Furthermore,the findings shows that Never Let Me Go is actually a microcosm of human’s quest for identity.Ishiguro aims to express his meditation on human life in the novel:human life is a process of seeking self-identity and social roles,and then fulfilling the obligations of the roles,which confirms Ishiguro’s internationalism that he attempts to convey his contemplation on human existence through his works.展开更多
Japanese British writer Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the leading writers in contemporary British literature.He has always been committed to creating works with universal significance.Responsibility and destiny are themes ...Japanese British writer Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the leading writers in contemporary British literature.He has always been committed to creating works with universal significance.Responsibility and destiny are themes that run through his works.His novel Never Let Me Go tells a story of a group of clones growing up in the Hailsham,who are given the mission to donate organs at birth.So,there is no doubt that they will inevitably end their lives in the process of donating organs to human beings again and again.The tragic life of clones is determined by the motivation of human to create them.展开更多
With the announcement of the sheep clone Dolly as the breakthrough in the biotechnology in news media around the turn of the twenty-first century, the rising issue of human clones in its development and the controvers...With the announcement of the sheep clone Dolly as the breakthrough in the biotechnology in news media around the turn of the twenty-first century, the rising issue of human clones in its development and the controversially bioethical issues ensued, Kazuo Ishiguro in Never Let Me Go （2005） focuses his attention, in the area of cell therapy, on how human clones, since produced, lead their model lives and face their deaths, in order that his readers may better understand the meanings of life and death, and that they may stay in a far closer relationship with their family and friends than ever. In this essay, I examine, in two worlds, the normals＇ and the clones＇, paralleling each other, the true meanings of being human and their lives through the perspective of Jacques Derrida＇s deconstruction; and I argue that Ishiguro misspeaks to his readers the true meanings of life and death especially through the clones＇ perspective and brings them to his readers＇ hearts further realistically. In Derrida＇s nature-culture structurality of the clones, it is Kathy H. who comes as center into which the other clones come as freeplay in the structurality of the real world, where it is normals who come as center into which clones come as freeplay under the structurality of power in the institutions where the clones＇ culture comes as center into which Miss Emily＇s ruling comes as freeplay by the structurality of authorship where the author comes as center into which the novel comes as freeplay.展开更多
Kazuo Ishiguro,a renowned Japanese-British writer,is the winner of the Novel Prize for Literature.The novel Never Let Me Go is a science fiction about human cloning and tells the tragic experience of cloning groups.Ka...Kazuo Ishiguro,a renowned Japanese-British writer,is the winner of the Novel Prize for Literature.The novel Never Let Me Go is a science fiction about human cloning and tells the tragic experience of cloning groups.Kathy,a narrator and protagonist in the story,wrote memories of individual clones and collective clones trauma.She not only witnessed various individual traumas of herself and her friends,but also expressed the cultural trauma of the clones through writing.From the perspective of trauma theory,it can be found that traumatic memories can vent and relieve personal pain,construct collective cultural trauma,and then convey individual’s responsibility for the collective disaster.展开更多
Set in a highly advanced society, Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go tells a tragic story of a group of clones who are created to donate their organs for the purpose of saving homo sapiens' lives. This thesis ai...Set in a highly advanced society, Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go tells a tragic story of a group of clones who are created to donate their organs for the purpose of saving homo sapiens' lives. This thesis aims to explore homo sapiens' living condition under modern civilization revealed in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go based on Marcuse's exploration of Western civilization. By creating a future world where technological rationality is at its apex, Kazuo Ishiguro shows us that people are still haunted by mortality and no happiness is guaranteed under that kind of civilization. Then by showing how those clones face their mortality under modern civilization, Kazuo Ishiguro pushes us to reflect on how human beings should live their lives in this modern world.展开更多
文摘With the guidance of Erikson’s identity theory,the article analyzes the clones’identity exploration through role identification in Never Let Me Go.It interprets the clones’puzzlement about their identity,and the process of their identity quest as well as role identification.Through the specific analysis,it is concluded that the clones,represented by Kathy,Tommy and Ruth,have gained self-certainty and social identity by realizing the role identity as a“carer”and a“donor”,in the meantime,they have constructed their identity as social persons with souls like ordinary people.Furthermore,the findings shows that Never Let Me Go is actually a microcosm of human’s quest for identity.Ishiguro aims to express his meditation on human life in the novel:human life is a process of seeking self-identity and social roles,and then fulfilling the obligations of the roles,which confirms Ishiguro’s internationalism that he attempts to convey his contemplation on human existence through his works.
文摘Japanese British writer Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the leading writers in contemporary British literature.He has always been committed to creating works with universal significance.Responsibility and destiny are themes that run through his works.His novel Never Let Me Go tells a story of a group of clones growing up in the Hailsham,who are given the mission to donate organs at birth.So,there is no doubt that they will inevitably end their lives in the process of donating organs to human beings again and again.The tragic life of clones is determined by the motivation of human to create them.
文摘With the announcement of the sheep clone Dolly as the breakthrough in the biotechnology in news media around the turn of the twenty-first century, the rising issue of human clones in its development and the controversially bioethical issues ensued, Kazuo Ishiguro in Never Let Me Go （2005） focuses his attention, in the area of cell therapy, on how human clones, since produced, lead their model lives and face their deaths, in order that his readers may better understand the meanings of life and death, and that they may stay in a far closer relationship with their family and friends than ever. In this essay, I examine, in two worlds, the normals＇ and the clones＇, paralleling each other, the true meanings of being human and their lives through the perspective of Jacques Derrida＇s deconstruction; and I argue that Ishiguro misspeaks to his readers the true meanings of life and death especially through the clones＇ perspective and brings them to his readers＇ hearts further realistically. In Derrida＇s nature-culture structurality of the clones, it is Kathy H. who comes as center into which the other clones come as freeplay in the structurality of the real world, where it is normals who come as center into which clones come as freeplay under the structurality of power in the institutions where the clones＇ culture comes as center into which Miss Emily＇s ruling comes as freeplay by the structurality of authorship where the author comes as center into which the novel comes as freeplay.
文摘Kazuo Ishiguro,a renowned Japanese-British writer,is the winner of the Novel Prize for Literature.The novel Never Let Me Go is a science fiction about human cloning and tells the tragic experience of cloning groups.Kathy,a narrator and protagonist in the story,wrote memories of individual clones and collective clones trauma.She not only witnessed various individual traumas of herself and her friends,but also expressed the cultural trauma of the clones through writing.From the perspective of trauma theory,it can be found that traumatic memories can vent and relieve personal pain,construct collective cultural trauma,and then convey individual’s responsibility for the collective disaster.
文摘Set in a highly advanced society, Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go tells a tragic story of a group of clones who are created to donate their organs for the purpose of saving homo sapiens' lives. This thesis aims to explore homo sapiens' living condition under modern civilization revealed in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go based on Marcuse's exploration of Western civilization. By creating a future world where technological rationality is at its apex, Kazuo Ishiguro shows us that people are still haunted by mortality and no happiness is guaranteed under that kind of civilization. Then by showing how those clones face their mortality under modern civilization, Kazuo Ishiguro pushes us to reflect on how human beings should live their lives in this modern world.
